翻身
Chinese
| flit about; translate; turn over | body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (翻身) | 翻 | 身 | |
| simp. #(翻身) | 翻 | 身 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): faan1 san1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fân-sṳ̂n
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-sin
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fānshēn
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄕㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fanshen
- Wade–Giles: fan1-shên1
- Yale: fān-shēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanshen
- Palladius: фаньшэнь (fanʹšɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fän⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: faan1 san1
- Yale: fāan sān
- Cantonese Pinyin: faan1 san1
- Guangdong Romanization: fan1 sen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /faːn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
翻新
翻身
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fân-sṳ̂n
- Hakka Romanization System: fanˊ siinˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fan1 sin1
- Sinological IPA: /fan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-sin
- Tâi-lô: huan-sin
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoansyn
- IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ sin³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
翻身
- to turn over; to double over
- to turn around
- to stand up
- to free oneself; to emancipate oneself
- (classical Chinese dance) to perform a turning technique in which the dancer keeps the torso tilted while stretching out both arms on a vertical plane, spinning to resemble an electric fan
Derived terms
Descendants
Proper noun
翻身