投身

Chinese

		to throw; to send	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (投身)		投	身
simp. #(投身)		投	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóushēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ san¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-sin / tiô-sin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁵ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóushēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóushen
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-shên¹
    • Yale: tóu-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourshen
    • Palladius: тоушэнь (toušɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ san¹
    • Yale: tàuh sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dausyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² sin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiô-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tiô-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioisyn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tio²⁴⁻²² sin³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁵ sing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâu sing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ³³/

Verb

投身

1. to throw oneself into