白身

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (白身)		白	身
simp. ^#(白身)		白	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báishēn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ san¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-sin / pe̍eh-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báishēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báishen
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-shên¹
  - Yale: bái-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshen
  - Palladius: байшэнь (bajšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ san¹
  - Yale: baahk sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² sɐn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-sin
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqsyn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² sin³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-sin
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-sin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: baek syin

Rime
Character	白	身
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	傍陌切	失人切
Baxter	baek	syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/ɕiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/ɕin/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/ɕjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/ɕin/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/ɕiĕn/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/ɕĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak⁶	san¹

Noun

白身

(literary or Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, dated) ordinary citizen; commoner
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) lonely and impoverished person
(Taiwanese Hokkien) white fabric
(Taiwanese Hokkien, by extension) plain clothes; civilian clothes

Synonyms

(ordinary citizen):

一般人 (yībānrén)
世人 (shìrén)
世間人／世间人 (Hokkien)
人士 (rénshì) (literary)
人民 (rénmín)
人群 (rénqún)
人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
俗人 (súrén)
俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
𫣆人 (Hakka)
兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
凡人 (fánrén)
凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
四眾人／四众人 (Teochew)
士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
常人 (chángrén)
平人 (píngrén) (literary)
平常人 (píngchángrén)
平民 (píngmín)
庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
民人 (mínrén) (literary)
民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
百姓
眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
良人 (liángrén) (literary)
草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
萌 (literary)
野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
黎民 (límín) (literary)
黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)

(lonely and impoverished person): (Hokkien) 白身人 (báishēnrén)
(plain clothes): 便衣 (biànyī)

Adjective

白身

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) with no property and no relatives (of a person)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	身
しろ Grade: 1	み Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

白 (shiro, “white”) +‎ 身 (mi, “flesh”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しろみ [shìrómí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
(Tokyo) しろみ [shìróꜜmì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
(Tokyo) しろみ [shíꜜròmì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞mʲi]

Noun

白(しろ)身(み) • (shiromi)

Synonyms

(egg white): 卵白(らんぱく) (ranpaku), 蛋白(たんぱく) (tanpaku)
(white portion of wood): 白太(しらた) (shirata)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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