傷身

Chinese

		injure; injury; wound	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (傷身)		傷	身
simp. (伤身)		伤	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāngshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāngshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shangshen
    • Wade–Giles: shang¹-shên¹
    • Yale: shāng-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shangshen
    • Palladius: шаншэнь (šanšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ san¹
    • Yale: sēung sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

傷身

1. to damage one's health; to be harmful to one's well-being

   喝酒傷身。／喝酒伤身。  ―  Hējiǔ shāngshēn.  ―  Drinking alcohol is bad for one's health.

Derived terms

• 養虎傷身 / 养虎伤身