空身

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (空身)		空	身
simp. #(空身)		空	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khang-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongshen
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-shên¹
    • Yale: kūng-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshen
    • Palladius: куншэнь (kunšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ san¹
    • Yale: hūng sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-sin
    • Tâi-lô: khang-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qangsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/

Adverb

空身

1. carrying nothing; empty-handed
2. alone; by oneself
3. (Mainland China Hokkien) lightly packed; not bringing burdensome objects

Synonyms

• (alone):

• 一個人／一个人 (yīgèrén)
• 一家頭／一家头 (⁷iq-ka-deu) (Shanghainese)
• 一手
• 單個／单个 (dāngè)
• 單獨／单独 (dāndú)
• 獨個／独个 (dúgè)
• 獨自／独自 (dúzì)
• 隻身／只身 (zhīshēn) (literary)

 

• (lightly packed): (Hokkien) 空身人