藏身

Chinese

		storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (藏身)		藏	身
simp. #(藏身)		藏	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cángshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong⁴ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chông-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cángshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cángshen
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang²-shên¹
    • Yale: tsáng-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarngshen
    • Palladius: цаншэнь (canšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong⁴ san¹
    • Yale: chòhng sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong⁴ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong⁴ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chông-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tsông-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zongsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

藏身

1. to hide oneself; to go into hiding
2. to settle oneself down; to take shelter

Synonyms

• (to hide oneself):

• 伏
• 匿藏 (nìcáng)
• 埋
• 埋藏 (máicáng) (figuratively)
• 暗囥 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 暗藏 (àncáng)
• 潛藏／潜藏 (qiáncáng)
• 竄／窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 竄匿／窜匿 (cuànnì)
• 藏蹤／藏踪 (cángzōng)
• 藏躲 (cángduǒ)
• 覕囥／𰴕囥 (Hokkien)
• 走覕／走𰴕 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 走閃／走闪 (Min Nan)
• 躲藏 (duǒcáng)
• 躲避 (duǒbì)
• 逃 (táo)
• 逃匿 (táonì)
• 迴避／回避 (huíbì)
• 逃避 (táobì)
• 避諱／避讳 (bìhuì) (colloquial)
• 閃覕／闪𰴕 (Min Nan)
• 隱秘／隐秘 (yǐnmì)
• 隱蔽／隐蔽 (yǐnbì)
• 隱藏／隐藏 (yǐncáng)
• 隱覕／隐𰴕 (ín-bih, ún-bih) (Min Nan)
• 隱避／隐避 (yǐnbì)

 

• (to settle oneself down):

• 存身 (cúnshēn) (literary)
• 安身 (ānshēn) (literary)
• 容身 (róngshēn) (literary)
• 寄寓 (jìyù) (literary)
• 寄居 (jìjū) (to live away from home)
• 寓 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 居住 (jūzhù)
• 居留 (jūliú)
• 棲身／栖身 (qīshēn)
• 處身／处身 (chǔshēn) (formal)

 

Derived terms

• 藏身處／藏身处 (cángshēnchù)