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[1] body; trunk; hull [2] life; lifetime [3] oneself; in person [4] moral character; social status Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 7
Level: 1
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 27720 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Oct 2014 02:29 |
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脱身 tyut3 san1 = to get away / to escape (from obligations) ; to free oneself ; to disengage [粵]甩身 起身 hei2 san1 = to wake up; to get up 它本身 taa1 bun2 san1 = itself 國 過身 gwo3 san1 = pass away; die 粵 全身 cyun4 san1 = the entire body; the whole body 周身 zau1 san1 = whole body 粵 自身 zi6 san1 = oneself; personally; one's own 身高 san1 gou1 = a person's height 熱身 jit6 san1 = warm up 隨身行李 ceoi4 san1 hang4 lei5 = carry on luggage See all 250 compounds (CantoDict reports 256 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 25 examples containing 身
牛奶出自乳牛身上
Cow's milk comes from the body of dairy cows [Instead of saying "cow produces milk", it sounds more natural to say it the other way: "milk comes from cow"]
有個叫平仔嘅學生起身 粵
A student called Ping stood up. [Lit. have [counter] call Ping-boy [possessive particle] student stand-up]
跌親就企返起身啦! 粵
Show all 25 examplesIf you fall over, get back up again! [Lit. fall bad-thing, stand back up body. As the translation suggests, this is actually a conditional sentence, even though it might not seem like it. More explicitly we could say 如果你跌親嘅話,你就企返起身啦!] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |