投身

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Chinese

		to throw; to send	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (投身)		投	身
simp. ^#(投身)		投	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóushēn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ san¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tâu-sin / tiô-sin

(Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁵ sing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóushēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóushen
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²-shên¹
  - Yale: tóu-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourshen
  - Palladius: тоушэнь (toušɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ san¹
  - Yale: tàuh sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tâu-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dausyn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² sin³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiô-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tiô-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioisyn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tio²⁴⁻²² sin³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dao⁵ sing¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâu sing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ³³/

Verb

投身

to throw oneself into

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