獻身

See also: 献身

Chinese

		to offer	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (獻身)		獻	身
simp. (献身)		献	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin³ san¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiàn-sin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang³ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànshen
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-shên¹
    • Yale: syàn-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshen
    • Palladius: сяньшэнь (sjanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 獻身 / 献身 現身 / 现身 陷身

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin³ san¹
    • Yale: hin sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin³ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³³ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàn-sin
    • Tâi-lô: hiàn-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiernsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ sin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiang³ sing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiàng sing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siŋ³³/

Verb

獻身

1. to devote oneself; to commit oneself
2. to sacrifice one's life; to lay down one's life

Synonyms

• (to sacrifice one's life):

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• 捐軀 / 捐躯 (juānqū)
• 捨身 / 舍身 (shěshēn)
• 犧牲 / 牺牲 (xīshēng)
• 赴死 (fùsǐ)
• 陣亡 / 阵亡 (zhènwáng) (to die in battle)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
獻	身
けん Hyōgai	しん Grade: 3
kan'on	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 獻身 – see the following entry.

【献身けんしん】 [noun] dedication; devotion [verb] to devote oneself to

(This term, 獻身, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
獻	身

Noun

獻身 • (heonsin) (hangeul 헌신)

1. hanja form^? of 헌신 (“dedication; devotion”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
獻	身

Verb

獻身

1. chữ Hán form of hiến thân (“to devote oneself to; to sacrifice one's life to”).