生身

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (生身)		生	身
simp. ^#(生身)		生	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ san¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengshen
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-shên¹
  - Yale: shēng-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshen
  - Palladius: шэншэнь (šɛnšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ san¹
  - Yale: sāng sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Adjective

生身

(attributive) natural (of parents); biological

Derived terms

生身父母 (shēngshēn fùmǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	身
なま Grade: 1	み Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なまみ [nàmáꜜmì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
(Tokyo) なまみ [nàmámí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [na̠ma̠mʲi]

Noun

生(なま)身(み) • (namami)

flesh and blood, a living being

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN