守身

Chinese

		to guard	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
simp. and trad. (守身)		守	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒushēn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² san¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǒushēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooushen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² san¹
  - Yale: sáu sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² sen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

守身

to preserve one's integrity; (specifically) to preserve one's chastity

Derived terms

守身如玉

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