白身

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (白身)		白	身
simp. #(白身)		白	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báishēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-sin / pe̍eh-sin

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báishēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báishen
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-shên¹
    • Yale: bái-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshen
    • Palladius: байшэнь (bajšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ san¹
    • Yale: baahk sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-sin
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqsyn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² sin³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-sin
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-sin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/

---

• Middle Chinese: baek syin

Rime
Character	白	身
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	庚 (113)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	傍陌切	失人切
Baxter	baek	syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/ɕiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/ɕin/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/ɕjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/ɕin/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/ɕiĕn/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/ɕĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6	san1

Noun

白身

1. (literary or Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, dated) ordinary citizen; commoner
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) lonely and impoverished person
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) white fabric
4. (Taiwanese Hokkien, by extension) plain clothes; civilian clothes

Synonyms

• (ordinary citizen):

• 一般人 (yībānrén)
• 世人 (shìrén)
• 世間人／世间人 (Hokkien)
• 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
• 人民 (rénmín)
• 人群 (rénqún)
• 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
• 俗人 (súrén)
• 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
• 𫣆人 (Hakka)
• 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
• 公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
• 凡人 (fánrén)
• 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
• 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
• 四眾人／四众人 (Teochew)
• 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
• 大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
• 子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
• 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
• 布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
• 常人 (chángrén)
• 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
• 平常人 (píngchángrén)
• 平民 (píngmín)
• 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
• 庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
• 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
• 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
• 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
• 民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
• 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
• 白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
• 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
• 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
• 百姓
• 眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
• 萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
• 群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
• 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
• 良人 (liángrén) (literary)
• 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
• 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
• 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
• 萌 (literary)
• 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
• 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
• 黎民 (límín) (literary)
• 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
• 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)

 

• (lonely and impoverished person): (Hokkien) 白身人 (báishēnrén)
• (plain clothes): 便衣 (biànyī)

Adjective

白身

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) with no property and no relatives (of a person)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	身
しろ Grade: 1	み Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

白 (shiro, “white”) +‎ 身 (mi, “flesh”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しろみ [shìrómí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) しろ​み [shìróꜜmì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) し​ろみ [shíꜜròmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞mʲi]

Noun

白(しろ)身(み) • (shiromi) 

1. egg white
2. white flesh of a fish
3. white portion of wood near the bark

Synonyms

• (egg white): 卵白(らんぱく) (ranpaku), 蛋白(たんぱく) (tanpaku)
• (white portion of wood): 白太(しらた) (shirata)