贖身

Chinese

		redeem; to ransom	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (贖身)		贖	身
simp. (赎身)		赎	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shúshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk⁶ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sio̍k-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shúshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shúshen
    • Wade–Giles: shu²-shên¹
    • Yale: shú-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwushen
    • Palladius: шушэнь (šušɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk⁶ san¹
    • Yale: suhk sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug⁶ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚² sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k-sin
    • Tâi-lô: sio̍k-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siogsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔk̚⁴⁻³² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔk̚²⁴⁻² sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔk̚⁴⁻³² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔk̚⁴⁻³² sin⁴⁴/

Verb

贖身

1. to redeem or ransom oneself; to buy back one's freedom (of slaves or prostitutes)