白身
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Chinese
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (白身) | 白 | 身 | |
| simp. #(白身) | 白 | 身 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: báishen
- Wade–Giles: pai2-shên1
- Yale: bái-shēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshen
- Palladius: байшэнь (bajšɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baak6 san1
- Yale: baahk sān
- Cantonese Pinyin: baak9 san1
- Guangdong Romanization: bag6 sen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːk̚² sɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: baek syin
Noun
白身
- (literary or Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, dated) ordinary citizen; commoner
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) lonely and impoverished person
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) white fabric
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, by extension) plain clothes; civilian clothes
Synonyms
- (ordinary citizen):
- 一般人 (yībānrén)
- 世人 (shìrén)
- 世間人 / 世间人 (Hokkien)
- 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
- 人民 (rénmín)
- 人群 (rénqún)
- 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
- 俗人 (súrén)
- 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
- 𫣆人 (Hakka)
- 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
- 公眾 / 公众 (gōngzhòng)
- 凡人 (fánrén)
- 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
- 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
- 四眾人 / 四众人 (si3 zing3 nang5) (Teochew)
- 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
- 大眾 / 大众 (dàzhòng)
- 子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
- 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
- 布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
- 常人 (chángrén)
- 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
- 平常人 (píngchángrén)
- 平民 (píngmín)
- 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
- 庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
- 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
- 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
- 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
- 民眾 / 民众 (mínzhòng)
- 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
- 烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
- 白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
- 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
- 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
- 百姓
- 眾人 / 众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
- 萬姓 / 万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
- 群眾 / 群众 (qúnzhòng)
- 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
- 良人 (liángrén) (literary)
- 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
- 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
- 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
- 萌 (literary)
- 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
- 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
- 黎民 (límín) (literary)
- 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
- 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
- 黔黎 (archaic)
Adjective
白身
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) with no property and no relatives (of a person)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 白 | 身 |
| しろ Grade: 1 |
み Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
白 (shiro, “white”) + 身 (mi, “flesh”)