棲身

Chinese

		to roost; to inhabit; to stay to roost; to inhabit; to stay; habitat	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (棲身)		棲	身
simp. (栖身)		栖	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhe-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cishen
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-shên¹
    • Yale: chī-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chishen
    • Palladius: цишэнь (cišɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cai¹ san¹
    • Yale: chāi sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cei¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tshe-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhesyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

棲身

1. to stay; to sojourn; to dwell

Synonyms

• 存身 (cúnshēn) (literary)
• 安身 (ānshēn) (literary)
• 容身 (róngshēn) (literary)
• 寄寓 (jìyù) (literary)
• 寄居 (jìjū) (to live away from home)
• 寓 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 居住 (jūzhù)
• 居留 (jūliú)
• 藏身 (cángshēn)
• 處身／处身 (chǔshēn) (formal)