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Definition 2024

正身

正身

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
simp. and trad. (正身)		正	身

Adjective

正身

in person; not by proxy

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhèngshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ san¹
Min Nan (POJ): chiàⁿ-sin / chèng-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhèngshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄕㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqshen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing³ san¹
  - Yale: jing sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ san¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ sɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tsiànn-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviarsyn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiã¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiã²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiã²¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiã²¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeangsyn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁴⁴/