翻身

翻身

Chinese

		flit about; translate; turn over	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
simp. and trad. (翻身)		翻	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fānshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄕㄣ

  (Chengdu, SP): fan¹ sen¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ san¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fân-sṳ̂n
• Jin (Wiktionary): fan¹ seng¹
• Min Dong (BUC): huăng-sĭng
• Min Nan (POJ): hoan-sin
• Wu (Wiktionary): fe sen (T1)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): fan¹ shen¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fānshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄕㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanshen
    • IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fan¹ sen¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fansen
    • IPA ^(key): /fan⁵⁵ sən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: faan¹ san¹
    • Yale: fāan sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ sen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fäːn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 翻新 翻身

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fân-sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan´ siin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan¹ sin¹
    • IPA: /fan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: fan¹ seng¹
    • IPA (old-style): /fæ̃¹¹ sə̃ŋ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huăng-sĭng
    • IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)niŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-sin
    • Tâi-lô: huan-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoansyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ ɕin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: fe sen (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /fe̞⁵⁵ səɲ²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fan¹ shen¹
    • IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ɸan³³ ʂən³³/
    • IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɸan³³ sən³³/

Verb

翻身

1. to turn over; to double over
2. to turn around
3. to stand up
4. to free oneself; to emancipate oneself

Derived terms

地牛翻身 (dìniúfānshēn) 永世不得翻身 (yǒngshì bùdé fānshēn)

鹹魚翻身／咸鱼翻身 (xiányú fānshēn)

Noun

翻身

1. emancipation
2. (classical Chinese dance) a turning technique in which the dancer keeps the torso tilted while stretching out both arms on a vertical plane, spinning to resemble an electric fan

Derived terms

串翻身 吸腿翻身 探海翻身

踏步翻身 點步翻身／点步翻身

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (翻身):

• → Japanese: 翻 (ほん)身 (しん) (honshin)

Proper noun

翻身

1. (～村) Fanshen (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi, Hubei, China)