白身

白身

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (白身)		白	身
simp. #(白身)		白	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báishēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ san¹
• Min Nan (POJ): pe̍h-sin / pe̍eh-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báishēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báishen
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-shên¹
    • Yale: bái-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshen
    • Palladius: байшэнь (bajšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ san¹
    • Yale: baahk sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² sɐn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-sin
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqsyn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ɕin³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-sin
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-sin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ɕin⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /bˠæk̚  ɕiɪn/

Rime
Character	白	身
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	庚 (113)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	傍陌切	失人切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/ɕiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/ɕin/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/ɕjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/ɕin/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/ɕiĕn/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/ɕĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6	san1

Noun

白身

1. (archaic) ordinary citizen; commoner
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) lonely and impoverished person

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 白身

一般人 (yībānrén) 世人 (shìrén) 人士 (rénshì) (literary) 人民 (rénmín) 人群 (rénqún) 人萌 (rénméng) (literary) 俗人 (súrén) 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary) 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic) 凡人 (fánrén) 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary) 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary) 士人 (shìrén) (archaic) 子民 (zǐmín) (historical) 家人 (jiārén) (archaic) 布衣 (bùyī) (historical) 常人 (chángrén) 平人 (píngrén) (literary) 平常人 (píngchángrén) 平民 (píngmín) 庶人 (shùrén) (literary) 庶民 (shùmín) (literary) 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese) 普通人 (pǔtōngrén) 民人 (mínrén) (literary)

烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary) 白衣 (báiyī) (historical) 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical) 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic) 百姓 (bǎixìng) 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng) 良人 (liángrén) (literary) 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people) 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative) 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative) 萌 (méng) (literary) 野人 (yěrén) (archaic) 黎庶 (líshù) (literary) 黎民 (límín) (literary) 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic) 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic) 𫣆人 (Hakka) 世間人／世间人 (Min Nan) 公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng) 四眾人／四众人 (Teochew) 大眾／大众 (dàzhòng) 民眾／民众 (mínzhòng) 眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary) 群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng) 萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	身
しろ Grade: 1	み Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

白 (shiro, “white”) +‎ 身 (mi, “flesh”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) しろみ [shìrómí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• (Tokyo) しろ​み [shìróꜜmì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
• (Tokyo) し​ろみ [shíꜜròmì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞mʲi]

Noun

白(しろ)身(み) • (shiromi) 

1. egg white
2. white flesh of a fish
3. white portion of wood near the bark

Synonyms

• (egg white): 卵白(らんぱく) (ranpaku), 蛋白(たんぱく) (tanpaku)
• (white portion of wood): 白太(しらた) (shirata)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN