翻身

Chinese

		flit about; translate; turn over	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (翻身)		翻	身
simp. #(翻身)		翻	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fānshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ san¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fân-sṳ̂n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fānshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fanshen
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹-shên¹
    • Yale: fān-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanshen
    • Palladius: фаньшэнь (fanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan¹ san¹
    • Yale: fāan sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 翻新 翻身

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fân-sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan^ˊ siin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan¹ sin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-sin
    • Tâi-lô: huan-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoansyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

翻身

1. to turn over; to double over
2. to turn around
3. to stand up
4. to free oneself; to emancipate oneself
5. (classical Chinese dance) to perform a turning technique in which the dancer keeps the torso tilted while stretching out both arms on a vertical plane, spinning to resemble an electric fan

Derived terms

• 串翻身
• 吸腿翻身
• 地牛翻身 (dìniú fānshēn)
• 探海翻身
• 永世不得翻身 (yǒngshì bùdé fānshēn)
• 踏步翻身
• 鹹魚翻身／咸鱼翻身 (xiányú fānshēn)
• 點步翻身／点步翻身

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (翻身):

• → Japanese: 翻身(ほんしん) (honshin)

Proper noun

翻身

1. (～村) Fanshen (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)