孤身

孤身

Chinese

		lone; lonely	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
simp. and trad. (孤身)		孤	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gūshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ san¹
• Min Nan (POJ): ko͘-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gūshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄕㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gushen
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gushen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹ san¹
    • Yale: gū sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-sin
    • Tâi-lô: koo-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kosyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ ɕin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/

Noun

孤身

1. people who are separated from their families
2. single or unmarried people

Derived terms

孤身主義／孤身主义 (gūshēnzhǔyì)

Adverb

孤身

1. by oneself, alone