殺身

See also: 杀身

Chinese

		to kill; to murder; to slaughter	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (殺身)		殺	身
simp. (杀身)		杀	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ san¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sat-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shashen
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-shên¹
  - Yale: shā-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shashen
  - Palladius: шашэнь (šašɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    殺身 / 杀身
    沙參 / 沙参
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saat³ san¹
  - Yale: saat sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sad³ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ sɐn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-sin
  - Tâi-lô: sat-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: satsyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sat̚⁵⁻²⁴ sin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sat̚³²⁻⁵ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ sin⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: sreat syin

Rime
Character	殺	身
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	鎋 (75)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	所八切	失人切
Baxter	sreat	syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠɛt̚/	/ɕiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚæt̚/	/ɕin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃæt̚/	/ɕjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂəɨt̚/	/ɕin/
Li Rong	/ʃɛt̚/	/ɕiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʃæt̚/	/ɕĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂat̚/	/ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sha	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saat³	san¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s<r>at n̥i[ŋ]/

(Zhengzhang): /*sreːd qʰjin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	殺	身
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shā	shēn
Middle Chinese	‹ srɛt ›	‹ syin ›
Old Chinese	/*s<r>at/	/*n̥i[ŋ]/
English	kill	body; self
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	殺	身
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	11010	11247
Phonetic component	杀	身
Rime group	月	眞
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	殺	申
Old Chinese	/*sreːd/	/*qʰjin/
Notes		甲金文象人鼓其腹，表其身有孕，非申聲

Verb

殺身

(literary) to be killed; to lose one's life

Derived terms

殺身之禍 / 杀身之祸 (shāshēnzhīhuò)
殺身成仁 / 杀身成仁 (shāshēnchéngrén)