防身

Chinese

		to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (防身)		防	身
simp. #(防身)		防	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fángshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ san¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fòng-sṳ̂n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fángshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fángshen
    • Wade–Giles: fang²-shên¹
    • Yale: fáng-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngshen
    • Palladius: фаншэнь (fanšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong⁴ san¹
    • Yale: fòhng sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng-sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˇ siin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong² sin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-sin
    • Tâi-lô: hông-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

防身

1. to protect oneself; to defend oneself

   自衛防身／自卫防身  ―  zìwèi fángshēn  ―  self-defense