身在

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
trad. (身在)		身	在
simp. #(身在)		身	在

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnzài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄗㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnzài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄗㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenzài
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-tsai⁴
    • Yale: shēn-dzài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shentzay
    • Palladius: шэньцзай (šɛnʹczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/

Verb

身在

1. to be located in (a place)

   身在美國的同胞／身在美国的同胞  ―  shēnzài Měiguó de tóngbāo  ―  bretheren in America

Derived terms

• 身在曹營心在漢／身在曹营心在汉 (shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn)
• 身在江海，心馳魏闕／身在江海，心驰魏阙
• 身在福中不知福 (shēn zài fú zhōng bùzhī fú)