切身

Chinese

		close to; to cut; to slice	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (切身)		切	身
simp. ^#(切身)		切	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qièshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ san¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiat-sin

(Teochew, Peng'im): ciag⁴ sing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qièshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cièshen
  - Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴-shên¹
  - Yale: chyè-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiehshen
  - Palladius: цешэнь (cešɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    切身
    妾身
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cit³ san¹
  - Yale: chit sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qid³ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³ sɐn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiat-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tshiat-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiatsyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ sin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ sin⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ciag⁴ sing¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiak sing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiak̚²⁻⁴ siŋ³³/

Adjective

切身

(attributive) of immediate concern to oneself or somebody

Synonyms

親身／亲身 (qīnshēn)

Adverb

切身

personally; first-hand

Synonyms

手把手 (shǒubǎshǒu) (in a hands-on manner)
私自 (sīzì) (literary)
自己 (zìjǐ)
自行 (zìxíng)
親手 / 亲手 (qīnshǒu) (with one's own hands)
親自 / 亲自 (qīnzì)
親身 / 亲身 (qīnshēn)

Noun

切身

(Buddhism, linguistics) compound character that combines two characters meant to be read through fanqie to transliterate Sanskrit syllables

Further reading

Tanaka, Kimiaki (August 2016) “Chinese Characters Devised for the Phonetic Transcription of Sanskrit Mantras and Verses Found in Translations of Tantras from the Northern Song and Liao Dynasties”, in Third International Conference on Chinese Esoteric Buddhism‎^[1], Dali, Yunnan, China

Japanese

Kanji in this term
切	身
き(り) Grade: 2	み Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Noun

切(きり)身(み) • (kirimi)

alternative form of 切り身