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Chinese
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to roost; to inhabit; to stay to roost; to inhabit; to stay; habitat |
body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit |
| trad. (棲身)
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棲
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身
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| simp. (栖身)
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栖
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身
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Pronunciation
Verb
棲身
- to stay; to sojourn; to dwell
Synonyms
- 存身 (cúnshēn) (literary)
- 安身 (ānshēn) (literary)
- 容身 (róngshēn) (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)
- 藏身 (cángshēn)
- 處身／处身 (chǔshēn) (formal)