半身

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (半身)		半	身
simp. #(半身)		半	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànshen
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-shên¹
    • Yale: bàn-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshen
    • Palladius: баньшэнь (banʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ san¹
    • Yale: bun sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-sin
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ sin⁴⁴/

Noun

半身

1. one side of one's body; half of one's body

Derived terms

• 半身不遂
• 半身像 (bànshēnxiàng)
• 半身癱瘓／半身瘫痪

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はんしん [hàńshíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Noun

半(はん)身(しん) • (hanshin) ^{←はんしん (fansin)?}

1. half of the body

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
半	身
はん Grade: 2	み Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はんみ [hàńmí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠mʲːi]

Noun

半(はん)身(み) • (hanmi) ^{←はんみ (fanmi)?}

1. stance where both legs are bent and the torso is tilted forwards
2. one half of a filleted fish

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
半	身

Noun

半身

1. chữ Hán form of bán thân (“bust; half-body sculpture; half-body image”).