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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): fānshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢㄕㄣ

(Chengdu, SP): fan¹ sen¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ san¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fân-sṳ̂n
Jin (Wiktionary): fan¹ seng¹
Min Dong (BUC): huăng-sĭng
Min Nan (POJ): hoan-sin
Wu (Wiktionary): fe sen (T1)
Xiang (Wiktionary): fan¹ shen¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fānshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢㄕㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanshen
  - IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: fan¹ sen¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fansen
  - IPA ^(key): /fan⁵⁵ sən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: faan¹ san¹
  - Yale: fāan sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ sen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /fäːn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    翻新
    翻身
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fân-sṳ̂n
  - Hakka Romanization System: fan´ siin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fan¹ sin¹
  - IPA: /fan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: fan¹ seng¹
  - IPA (old-style): /fæ̃¹¹ sə̃ŋ¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huăng-sĭng
  - IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)niŋ⁵⁵/
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/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: fe sen (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /fe̞⁵⁵ səɲ²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: fan¹ shen¹
  - IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ɸan³³ ʂən³³/
  - IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɸan³³ sən³³/

Verb

翻身

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

Derived terms

地牛翻身 (dìniúfānshēn)
永世不得翻身 (yǒngshì bùdé fānshēn)

鹹魚翻身／咸鱼翻身 (xiányú fānshēn)

Noun

翻身

emancipation
(classical Chinese dance) 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
探海翻身

踏步翻身
點步翻身／点步翻身

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (翻身):

→ Japanese: 翻 (ほん)身 (しん) (honshin)

Proper noun

翻身

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

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