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Definition 2024

置身

置身

Chinese

		to install; to place; to put	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
simp. and trad. (置身)		置	身

Verb

置身

to place oneself in; to stay in

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhìshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ san¹
Min Nan (POJ): tì-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhìshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄕㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi³ san¹
  - Yale: ji sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ san¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ sɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tì-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diesyn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁴⁴/