獻身

See also: 献身

Chinese

		to offer	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (獻身)		獻	身
simp. (献身)		献	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiànshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin³ san¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hiàn-sin

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiang³ sing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiànshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siànshen
  - Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-shên¹
  - Yale: syàn-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshen
  - Palladius: сяньшэнь (sjanʹšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    獻身 / 献身
    現身 / 现身
    陷身
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin³ san¹
  - Yale: hin sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin³ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin³ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³³ sɐn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàn-sin
  - Tâi-lô: hiàn-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiernsyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ sin⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiang³ sing¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiàng sing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siŋ³³/

Verb

獻身

to devote oneself; to commit oneself
to sacrifice one's life; to lay down one's life

Synonyms

(to sacrifice one's life):

捐軀 / 捐躯 (juānqū)
捨身 / 舍身 (shěshēn)
犧牲 / 牺牲 (xīshēng)
赴死 (fùsǐ)
陣亡 / 阵亡 (zhènwáng) (to die in battle)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
獻	身
けん Hyōgai	しん Grade: 3
kan'on	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 獻身 – see the following entry.

【献身けんしん】

[noun] dedication; devotion

[verb] to devote oneself to

(This term, 獻身, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
獻	身

Noun

獻身 • (heonsin) (hangeul 헌신)

hanja form^? of 헌신 (“dedication; devotion”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
獻	身

Verb

獻身

chữ Hán form of hiến thân (“to devote oneself to; to sacrifice one's life to”)