身裁

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	cut out (as a dress); cut; trim cut out (as a dress); cut; trim; reduce; diminish; decision; judgement
trad. (身裁)		身	裁
simp. #(身裁)		身	裁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēncái

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄘㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēncái
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shencái
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-tsʻai²
    • Yale: shēn-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shentsair
    • Palladius: шэньцай (šɛnʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syin dzoj|dzojH

Rime
Character	身	裁	裁
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	從 (15)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	咍 (41)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	I
Fanqie	失人切	昨哉切	昨代切
Baxter	syin	dzoj	dzojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪn/	/d͡zʌi/	/d͡zʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕin/	/d͡zəi/	/d͡zəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjen/	/d͡zɒi/	/d͡zɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕin/	/d͡zəj/	/d͡zəjH/
Li Rong	/ɕiĕn/	/d͡zᴀi/	/d͡zᴀiH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕn/	/d͡zɒi/	/d͡zɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ĕn/	/d͡zʱɑ̆i/	/d͡zʱɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	cái	zài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san1	coi4	zoi6

Noun

身裁

1. figure; shape of body

See also

• 身材 (shēncái)