身己

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	6th heavenly stem; self
trad. (身己)		身	己
simp. #(身己)		身	己
alternative forms		身紀／身纪 pregnancy 娠紀／娠纪 pregnancy

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnjǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ gei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnjǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenjǐ
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-chi³
    • Yale: shēn-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenjii
    • Palladius: шэньцзи (šɛnʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ gei²
    • Yale: sān géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ kei̯³⁵/

Noun

身己

1. (literary) body
2. (literary, figurative) virginity of a woman
3. (Cantonese) pregnancy

Synonyms

• (body):

• 人身 (rénshēn) (literary)
• 人體／人体 (réntǐ)
• 皮肉 (píròu) (figurative)
• 肉體／肉体 (ròutǐ)
• 身仔 (Hakka)
• 身子 (shēnzi)
• 身體／身体 (shēntǐ)
• 軀殼／躯壳 (qūqiào)
• 軀體／躯体 (qūtǐ) (formal)

 

• (virginity of a woman): 貞操／贞操 (zhēncāo), 貞節／贞节 (zhēnjié)
• (pregnancy):

• 妊娠
• 身子 (shēnzi)
• 身孕 (shēnyùn)

 

Derived terms

• 有身己