容身

Chinese

		to hold; to contain; to allow to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (容身)		容	身
simp. #(容身)		容	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róngshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iông-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róngshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róngshen
    • Wade–Giles: jung²-shên¹
    • Yale: rúng-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rongshen
    • Palladius: жуншэнь (žunšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁴ san¹
    • Yale: yùhng sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông-sin
    • Tâi-lô: iông-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iongsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

容身

1. (literary) to settle oneself down; to take shelter

Synonyms

• 存身 (cúnshēn) (literary)
• 安身 (ānshēn) (literary)
• 寄寓 (jìyù) (literary)
• 寄居 (jìjū) (to live away from home)
• 寓 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 居住 (jūzhù)
• 居留 (jūliú)
• 棲身／栖身 (qīshēn)
• 藏身 (cángshēn)
• 處身／处身 (chǔshēn) (formal)