全身

Chinese

		all; whole; entire all; whole; entire; every; complete	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (全身)		全	身
simp. #(全身)		全	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quánshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ san¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiòn-sṳ̂n
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): choân-sin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cuang⁵ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quánshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuánshen
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-shên¹
    • Yale: chywán-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuanshen
    • Palladius: цюаньшэнь (cjuanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 全身 拳參 / 拳参

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴ san¹
    • Yale: chyùhn sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 全新 全身

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiòn-sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: qion^ˇ siin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qion² sin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯on¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choân-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tsuân-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoansyn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan²⁴⁻²² sin³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cuang⁵ sing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuâng sing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjwen syin

Rime
Character	全	身
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	疾緣切	失人切
Baxter	dzjwen	syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziuᴇn/	/ɕiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zʷiɛn/	/ɕin/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjuæn/	/ɕjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwian/	/ɕin/
Li Rong	/d͡ziuɛn/	/ɕiĕn/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭwɛn/	/ɕĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯wɛn/	/ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quán	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun4	san1

Noun

全身

1. full body; the whole body

Synonyms

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• 一身 (yīshēn)
• 周身 (zhōushēn)
• 完身 (Hakka)
• 完身仔 (Hakka)
• 成身 (seng⁴ san¹) (Cantonese)
• 混身
• 渾身 / 浑身 (húnshēn)
• 滿身 / 满身 (mǎnshēn)
• 規身 / 规身 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 規身軀 / 规身躯 (Hokkien)
• 通身 (tōngshēn)

Derived terms

• 全身麻醉 (quánshēn mázuì)
• 牽一髮而動全身 / 牵一发而动全身 (qiān yī fà ér dòng quánshēn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (全身):

• → Japanese: 全身(ぜんしん) (zenshin)
• → Korean: 전신(全身) (jeonsin)
• → Vietnamese: toàn thân (全身)

Verb

全身

1. (literary) to keep one's own body intact; to keep oneself alive; to save one's own skin

   全身而退  ―  quánshēn'értuì  ―  to withdraw, disengage, or resign for the sake of one's life

   • 悼惠王曰：「得全身而已，何敢愛城哉！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     悼惠王曰：「得全身而已，何敢爱城哉！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1st century BCE, Liu Xiang, Xin Xu (《新序》, "New Stories", or "New Prefaces")

     Dàohuì Wáng yuē: “Dé quánshēn éryǐ, hégǎn ài chéng zāi!” [Pinyin]

     Prince Daohui of Qi said: "I seek nothing but saving my own life. How dare I begrudge a few towns in my fief!"

Japanese

Kanji in this term
全	身
ぜん Grade: 3	しん Grade: 3
goon	on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜんしん [zèńshíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Noun

全(ぜん)身(しん) • (zenshin) 

1. the whole body, head to toe

   全(ぜん)身(しん)が痛(いた)む

   zenshin ga itamu

   I am aching from head to foot

References

• “全身”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
全	身

Noun

全身 • (jeonsin) (hangeul 전신)

1. hanja form^? of 전신 (“whole body”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
全	身

Noun

全身

1. chữ Hán form of toàn thân (“whole body”)