捨身

Chinese

		give up; abandon	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (捨身)		捨	身
simp. (舍身)		舍	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˇ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se² san¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sá-sṳ̂n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sià-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˇ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěshen
    • Wade–Giles: shê³-shên¹
    • Yale: shě-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheeshen
    • Palladius: шэшэнь (šɛšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se² san¹
    • Yale: sé sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se² san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé² sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sá-sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: sa` siin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sa³ sin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sa³¹ sɨn²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sià-sin
    • Tâi-lô: sià-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siarsyn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sia⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sia²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

捨身

1. to sacrifice one's life; to lay down one's life

Synonyms

• 捐軀／捐躯 (juānqū)
• 犧牲／牺牲 (xīshēng)
• 獻身／献身 (xiànshēn)
• 赴死 (fùsǐ)
• 陣亡／阵亡 (zhènwáng) (to die in battle)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (捨身):

• → Japanese: 捨身(しゃしん) (shashin)
• → Korean: 사신(捨身) (sasin)