捨身

Chinese

		give up; abandon	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (捨身)		捨	身
simp. (舍身)		舍	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shěshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˇ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): se² san¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sá-sṳ̂n
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sià-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shěshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˇ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shěshen
  - Wade–Giles: shê³-shên¹
  - Yale: shě-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheeshen
  - Palladius: шэшэнь (šɛšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: se² san¹
  - Yale: sé sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: se² san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sé² sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sá-sṳ̂n
  - Hakka Romanization System: sa^ˋ siin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sa³ sin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sa³¹ sɨn²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sià-sin
  - Tâi-lô: sià-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siarsyn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sia⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sia²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

捨身

to sacrifice one's life; to lay down one's life

Synonyms

捐軀 / 捐躯 (juānqū)
犧牲 / 牺牲 (xīshēng)
獻身 / 献身 (xiànshēn)
赴死 (fùsǐ)
陣亡 / 阵亡 (zhènwáng) (to die in battle)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (捨身):

→ Japanese: 捨身(しゃしん) (shashin)
→ Korean: 사신(捨身) (sasin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
捨	身
す Grade: 6	み Grade: 3

Alternative spelling
捨て身

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sɨte̞mʲi]

Noun

捨身(すてみ) • (sutemi)

to put one's life on the line; to act recklessly or desperately