身首異處

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	different; unusual; strange	a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with
trad. (身首異處)		身	首	異	處
simp. (身首异处)		身	首	异	处
Literally: “to have the head and body in different places”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnshǒuyìchù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄕㄡˇ ㄧˋ ㄔㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sau² ji⁶ cyu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnshǒuyìchù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄕㄡˇ ㄧˋ ㄔㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenshǒuyìchù
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-shou³-i⁴-chʻu⁴
    • Yale: shēn-shǒu-yì-chù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenshoouyihchuh
    • Palladius: шэньшоуичу (šɛnʹšouiču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ sau² ji⁶ cyu³
    • Yale: sān sáu yih chyu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sau² ji⁶ tsy³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ seo² yi⁶ qu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ jiː²² t͡sʰyː³³/

Verb

身首異處

1. to be decapitated; to be beheaded