身輕如燕

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	as (if); such as	swallow (bird); surname; place name
trad. (身輕如燕)		身	輕	如	燕
simp. (身轻如燕)		身	轻	如	燕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnqīngrúyàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ hing¹ jyu⁴ jin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnqīngrúyàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shencingrúyàn
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-chʻing¹-ju²-yen⁴
    • Yale: shēn-chīng-rú-yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenchingruyann
    • Palladius: шэньцинжуянь (šɛnʹcinžujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ hing¹ jyu⁴ jin³
    • Yale: sān hīng yùh yin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ hing¹ jy⁴ jin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ hing¹ yu⁴ yin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹ jiːn³³/

Idiom

身輕如燕

1. to be nimble; to be lithe; to be agile