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翻身

翻身

Chinese

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

Verb

翻身

to turn over; to double over
to turn around
to stand up
to free oneself; to emancipate oneself

Derived terms

永世不得翻身 (yǒngshì bùdé fānshēn)

鹹魚翻身／咸鱼翻身 (xiányú fānshēn)

Noun

翻身

emancipation

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fānshēn

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fānshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢㄕㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanshen
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠n⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan¹ san¹
  - Yale: fāan sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ san¹
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fân-sṳ̂n
  - Hakka Romanization System: fan´ siin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fan¹ sin¹
  - IPA: /fan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-sin
  - Tâi-lô: huan-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoansyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/