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)
simp. #(白身)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (26)
Final () (113) (43)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter baek syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bˠæk̚/ /ɕiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/bᵚak̚/ /ɕin/
Shao
Rongfen
/bak̚/ /ɕjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/baɨjk̚/ /ɕin/
Li
Rong
/bɐk̚/ /ɕiĕn/
Wang
Li
/bɐk̚/ /ɕĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱɐk̚/ /ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shēn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bak6 san1

Noun

白身

  1. (literary or Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, dated) ordinary citizen; commoner
  2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) lonely and impoverished person
  3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) white fabric
  4. (Taiwanese Hokkien, by extension) plain clothes; civilian clothes

Synonyms

  • (ordinary citizen):
  • (lonely and impoverished person): (Hokkien) 白身人 (báishēnrén)
  • (plain clothes): 便衣 (biànyī)

Adjective

白身

  1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) with no property and no relatives (of a person)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しろ
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

(shiro, white) +‎ (mi, flesh)

Pronunciation

Noun

(しろ)() (shiromi

  1. egg white
  2. white flesh of a fish
  3. white portion of wood near the bark

Synonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN