身上

身上

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
simp. and trad. (身上)		身	上
anagram		上身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ soeng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂n-song
• Min Nan (POJ): sin-siōng / sin--siōng / sin-siāng / sin-chiūⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shēnshàng → shēnshang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄕㄤˋ → ㄕㄣ ˙ㄕㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen.shanq
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/ → /ʂən⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ soeng⁶
    • Yale: sān seuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ soeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ sêng⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sœ̽ːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂n-song
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin´ song
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin¹ song⁴
    • IPA: /sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ soŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: sin-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsiong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin³³ ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin--siōng
    • Tâi-lô: sin--siōng
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-siāng
    • Tâi-lô: sin-siāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsiang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiaŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-chiūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sin-tsiūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sincviu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiũ³³/

Noun

身上

1. (literally) one's body; one's health

   身上有病  ―  shēnshang yǒubìng  ―  to be ill

2. at hand; with or on oneself; on one's person

   你身上很香。  ―  Nǐ shēnshang hěn xiāng.  ―  You smell nice.

   你身上有零錢嗎？ / 你身上有零钱吗？  ―  Nǐ shēnshang yǒu língqián ma?  ―  Do you have change on you?

3. (something happening) to someone

   不幸的事總發生在她身上。 [MSC, trad.]
   不幸的事总发生在她身上。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bùxìng de shì zǒng fāshēng zài tā shēnshang. [Pinyin]

   Unfortunate things always happen to her.

Derived terms

包在……身上 (bāozài...shēnshàng)