孑然一身

Chinese

		solitary; lonely; alone	whole body; all over the body; suit
trad. (孑然一身)		孑然	一身
simp. #(孑然一身)		孑然	一身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiérányīshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄖㄢˊ ㄧ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ jin⁴ jat¹ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiat-liân-it-sin / kiat-jiân-it-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiérányīshēn [Phonetic: jiérányìshēn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄖㄢˊ ㄧ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiérányishen
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-jan²-i¹-shên¹
    • Yale: jyé-rán-yī-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyeranishen
    • Palladius: цзежаньишэнь (czežanʹišɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ʐän³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kit³ jin⁴ jat¹ san¹
    • Yale: kit yìhn yāt sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ jin⁴ jat⁷ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³ yin⁴ yed¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ jiːn²¹ jɐt̚⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-liân-it-sin
    • Tâi-lô: kiat-liân-it-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiatlien'itsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴⁻²² it̚³²⁻⁴ sin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-jiân-it-sin
    • Tâi-lô: kiat-jiân-it-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiatjien'itsyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³⁻³³ it̚³²⁻⁴ sin⁴⁴/

Idiom

孑然一身

1. all alone in the world, with no relatives or friends; solitary