身受

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	to bear; to stand; to endure to bear; to stand; to endure; (passive marker); to receive
trad. (身受)		身	受
simp. #(身受)		身	受
anagram		受身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-siū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenshòu
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-shou⁴
    • Yale: shēn-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenshow
    • Palladius: шэньшоу (šɛnʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ sau⁶
    • Yale: sān sauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ seo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-siū
    • Tâi-lô: sin-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsiu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² siu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² siu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siu³³/

Verb

身受

1. to experience personally

   身受重傷／身受重伤  ―  shēnshòu zhòngshāng  ―  to suffer grievous injuries

   身受其害  ―  shēnshòu qí hài  ―  to personally experience its baneful influence

   • 身受戰爭災難、為著自己民族的生存而奮鬥的每一個中國人，無日不在渴望戰爭的勝利。 [MSC, trad.]
     身受战争灾难、为着自己民族的生存而奋斗的每一个中国人，无日不在渴望战争的胜利。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Shēnshòu zhànzhēng zāinàn, wèizhe zìjǐ mínzú de shēngcún ér fèndòu de měi yī gè Zhōngguórén, wú rì bù zài kěwàng zhànzhēng de shènglì. [Pinyin]

     Every Chinese suffering from the disasters of the war and fighting for the survival of his nation daily yearns for victory.

Derived terms

• 感同身受 (gǎntóngshēnshòu)