下半身

Chinese

		lower half	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (下半身)		下半	身
simp. #(下半身)		下半	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàbànshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ bun³ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ē-pòaⁿ-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàbànshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàbànshen
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pan⁴-shên¹
    • Yale: syà-bàn-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbannshen
    • Palladius: сябаньшэнь (sjabanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàbànshēnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄣㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàbànshenr
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pan⁴-shên¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: syà-bàn-shēnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbannshel
    • Palladius: сябаньшэньр (sjabanʹšɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ ʂəɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ bun³ san¹
    • Yale: hah bun sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ bun³ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ bun³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² puːn³³ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-pòaⁿ-sin
    • Tâi-lô: ē-puànn-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: expvoarsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /e⁴¹⁻²² puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /e²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ sin⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 下半身

1. lower half of the body

   男人都是下半身思考的動物。 [MSC, trad.]
   男人都是下半身思考的动物。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nánrén dōu shì xiàbànshēn sīkǎo de dòngwù. [Pinyin]

   All men are animals which use the lower halves of their bodies to think.

Antonyms

• 上半身 (shàngbànshēn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (下半身):

• → Japanese: 下半身(かはんしん) (kahanshin)
• → Korean: 하반신(下半身) (habansin)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
下	半	身
か Grade: 1	はん Grade: 2	しん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

下(か)半(はん)身(しん) • (kahanshin) 

1. the lower half of the body
2. (euphemistic) genitals