刺身

Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (刺身)		刺	身
simp. #(刺身)		刺	身

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 刺身(さしみ) (sashimi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiah-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhshen
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-shên¹
    • Yale: tsz̀-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhshen
    • Palladius: цышэнь (cyšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 刺參／刺参 刺身

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³ san¹
    • Yale: chi sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tshiah-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiahsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)⁵ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ sin⁴⁴/

Noun

刺身

1. sashimi

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 刺身 (“sashimi”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		刺身, 生魚片, 沙西米, 撒西米
Mandarin	Taiwan	生魚片
	Singapore	生魚片
Cantonese	Guangzhou	魚生
	Hong Kong	魚生, 刺身
	Singapore (Guangfu)	魚生
Hakka	Meixian	魚生
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	魚生, 沙西米
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	魚生, 沙西米
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	魚生, 沙西米
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	魚生, 沙西米
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	魚生, 沙西米
Southern Min	New Taipei (Pingxi)	沙西米
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	魚生
Wu	Shanghai	生魚片, 生鮮米

Japanese

刺身 (sashimi)

Kanji in this term
刺	身
さ(し) Grade: S	み Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 刺(さ)し身(み) (sashimi)

Etymology

Compound of 刺し (sashi, “sticking into, sticking between; slicing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 刺す sasu, “to stick into”) +‎ 身 (mi, “flesh, meat”). The use of the verb 刺す (sasu) here to mean slice is irregular, and might be due to the kill connotations of the verb 切る (kiru, “to cut, to slice”) during the Muromachi period when this word sashimi first appears.

The term 刺身 (sashimi) is more common in eastern Japan, correlating with 作身 (tsukurimi) in western Japan.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さしみ​ [sàshímíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ɕimʲi]

Noun

刺(さし)身(み) • (sashimi) 

1. sashimi, a dish of sliced raw fish or meat.

Synonyms

• 作(つくり)身(み) (tsukurimi) (western Japan)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 刺(さし)身(み)包(ぼう)丁(ちょう) (sashimibōchō): a sashimi knife

Related terms

• 刺(さ)し (sashi)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.