文身

文身

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
simp. and trad. (文身)		文	身
variant forms		紋身／纹身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ san¹
• Min Nan (POJ): bûn-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: wénshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenshen
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯ən³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: man⁴ san¹
    • Yale: màhn sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ sen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 文身 紋身／纹身

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-sin
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² ɕin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/

Verb

文身

1. tattoo

Adjective

文身

1. (Min Nan) skinny and tall
2. (Min Nan) refined; gentle; not using physical labour to work

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	身
Grade: 1	Grade: 3
Irregular

Etymology

The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 文身

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) いれずみ [ìrézúmí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [iɾe̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

文身 (hiragana いれずみ, rōmaji irezumi)

1. Alternative spelling of 入れ墨 (“tattoo”) (an image made in the skin with ink and a needle)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
文	身

Noun

文身 • (munsin) (hangeul 문신)

1. Hanja form^? of 문신 (“tattoo”).