翻身

Chinese

		flit about; translate; turn over	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (翻身)		翻	身
simp. ^#(翻身)		翻	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fānshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ san¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fân-sṳ̂n
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fānshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fanshen
  - Wade–Giles: fan¹-shên¹
  - Yale: fān-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanshen
  - Palladius: фаньшэнь (fanʹšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: faan¹ san¹
  - Yale: fāan sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    翻新
    翻身
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fân-sṳ̂n
  - Hakka Romanization System: fan´ siin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fan¹ sin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-sin
  - Tâi-lô: huan-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoansyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ sin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

翻身

to turn over; to double over
to turn around
to stand up
to free oneself; to emancipate oneself
(classical Chinese dance) to perform a turning technique in which the dancer keeps the torso tilted while stretching out both arms on a vertical plane, spinning to resemble an electric fan

Derived terms

串翻身
吸腿翻身
地牛翻身 (dìniú fānshēn)
探海翻身
永世不得翻身 (yǒngshì bùdé fānshēn)
踏步翻身
鹹魚翻身／咸鱼翻身 (xiányú fānshēn)
點步翻身／点步翻身

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (翻身):

→ Japanese: 翻身(ほんしん) (honshin)

Proper noun

翻身

(～村) Fanshen (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

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