全身

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Chinese

		all; whole; entire all; whole; entire; every; complete	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (全身)		全	身
simp. ^#(全身)		全	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quánshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ san¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiòn-sṳ̂n
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): choân-sin

(Teochew, Peng'im): cuang⁵ sing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quánshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuánshen
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-shên¹
  - Yale: chywán-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuanshen
  - Palladius: цюаньшэнь (cjuanʹšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    全身
    拳參／拳参
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cyun⁴ san¹
  - Yale: chyùhn sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    全新
    全身
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiòn-sṳ̂n
  - Hakka Romanization System: qion^ˇ siin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qion² sin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯on¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choân-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tsuân-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoansyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan²⁴⁻²² sin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cuang⁵ sing¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuâng sing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: dzjwen syin

Rime
Character	全	身
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	疾緣切	失人切
Baxter	dzjwen	syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziuᴇn/	/ɕiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zʷiɛn/	/ɕin/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjuæn/	/ɕjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwian/	/ɕin/
Li Rong	/d͡ziuɛn/	/ɕiĕn/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭwɛn/	/ɕĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯wɛn/	/ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quán	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun⁴	san¹

Noun

全身

full body; the whole body

Synonyms

一身 (yīshēn)
周身 (zhōushēn)
完身 (Hakka)
完身仔 (Hakka)
成身 (seng⁴ san¹) (Cantonese)
混身
渾身／浑身 (húnshēn)
滿身／满身 (mǎnshēn)
規身／规身 (Hokkien, Teochew)
規身軀／规身躯 (Hokkien)
通身 (tōngshēn)

Derived terms

全身麻醉 (quánshēn mázuì)
牽一髮而動全身／牵一发而动全身 (qiān yī fà ér dòng quánshēn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (全身):

→ Japanese: 全身(ぜんしん) (zenshin)
→ Korean: 전신(全身) (jeonsin)
→ Vietnamese: toàn thân (全身)

Verb

全身

(literary) to keep one's own body intact; to keep oneself alive; to save one's own skin
全身而退 ― quánshēn'értuì ― to withdraw, disengage, or resign for the sake of one's life
- 悼惠王曰：「得全身而已，何敢愛城哉！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  悼惠王曰：「得全身而已，何敢爱城哉！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 1st century BCE, Liu Xiang, Xin Xu (《新序》, "New Stories", or "New Prefaces")
  Dàohuì Wáng yuē: “Dé quánshēn éryǐ, hégǎn ài chéng zāi!”
  Prince Daohui of Qi said: "I seek nothing but saving my own life. How dare I begrudge a few towns in my fief!"

Japanese

Kanji in this term
全	身
ぜん Grade: 3	しん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぜんしん (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

全(ぜん)身(しん) • (zenshin)

the whole body, head to toe
全身(ぜんしん)が痛(いた)む
zenshin ga itamu
I am aching from head to foot.

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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