下半身

Chinese

		lower half	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (下半身)		下半	身
simp. ^#(下半身)		下半	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàbànshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ bun³ san¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ē-pòaⁿ-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàbànshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàbànshen
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pan⁴-shên¹
  - Yale: syà-bàn-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbannshen
  - Palladius: сябаньшэнь (sjabanʹšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàbànshēnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄣㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàbànshenr
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pan⁴-shên¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: syà-bàn-shēnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbannshel
  - Palladius: сябаньшэньр (sjabanʹšɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ ʂəɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ bun³ san¹
  - Yale: hah bun sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ bun³ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ bun³ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² puːn³³ sɐn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-pòaⁿ-sin
  - Tâi-lô: ē-puànn-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: expvoarsyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /e⁴¹⁻²² puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /e²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ sin⁴⁴/

Noun

下半身

lower half of the body; below the waist
男人都是下半身思考的動物。 [MSC, trad.]
男人都是下半身思考的动物。 [MSC, simp.]
Nánrén dōu shì xiàbànshēn sīkǎo de dòngwù. [Pinyin]
All men are animals which use the lower halves of their bodies to think.

Antonyms

上半身 (shàngbànshēn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (下半身):

→ Japanese: 下半身(かはんしん) (kahanshin)
→ Korean: 하반신(下半身) (habansin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
下	半	身
か Grade: 1	はん Grade: 2	しん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
下	半	身
しも Grade: 1	はん Grade: 2	しん Grade: 3
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かはんしん [kàháꜜǹshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
(Tokyo) しもはんしん [shìmóháꜜǹshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ka̠hã̠ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]
IPA^(key): [ɕimo̞hã̠ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Noun

下(か)半(はん)身(しん) or 下(しも)半(はん)身(しん) • (kahanshin or shimohanshin)

the lower half of the body
Antonym: 上半身 (jōhanshin)
(euphemistic) genitals

Korean

Hanja in this term
下	半	身

Noun

下半身 • (habansin) (hangeul 하반신)

hanja form^? of 하반신 (“the lower half of the body”)