出身

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (出身)		出	身
simp. #(出身)		出	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ san¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhut-sṳ̂n
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhut-sin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cug⁴ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chushen
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-shên¹
    • Yale: chū-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chushen
    • Palladius: чушэнь (čušɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ san¹
    • Yale: chēut sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: cud^ˋ siin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cud⁵ sin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² sɨn²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhutsyn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ sin³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ sin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cug⁴ sing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuk sing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuk̚²⁻⁴ siŋ³³/

Verb

出身

1. (literary) to devote oneself (to); to give up one's life (for)
2. (literary) to become an official; to enter officialdom
3. to come from (a background of ...); to be descended from

Noun

出身

1. educational or occupational background (of a person)
2. family background (of a person); birth; social class; class origin; ancestry; stock

   貴族出身／贵族出身  ―  guìzú chūshēn  ―  to be of noble birth

   平民出身  ―  píngmín chūshēn  ―  to be of humble birth

Related terms

• 出生 (chūshēng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
出	身
しゅつ > しゅっ Grade: 1	しん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅっしん [shùsshíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨɕːĩɴ]

Noun

出(しゅっ)身(しん) • (shusshin) 

1. hometown, the place one comes from
   • 1959, 火野葦平, ゲテ魚好き:

     宇野(うの)は隠岐(おき)の島(しま)出身(しゅっしん)、つまり日本海(にほんかい)である。

     Uno wa okinoshima shusshin, tsumari nihonkai de aru.

     Uno was from Okinoshima, which is in the Sea of Japan.

2. the school from which one graduated
   • 1915, 夏目漱石, 道草:

     その人(ひと)は彼(かれ)と同(おな)じ学校(がっこう)の出身(しゅっしん)であった。

     Sono hito wa kare to onaji gakkō no shusshin de atta.

     That person was from the same school that he was.

3. the group or organization from which one comes
   • 1960, 原田義人, 年譜:

     相当(そうとう)な家柄(いえがら)の出身(しゅっしん)で、スペインやアフリカで成功(せいこう)した兄弟(きょうだい)がある。

     Sōtō na iegara no shusshin de, supein ya afurika de seikō shita kyōdai ga aru.

     She was from a very distinguished family and her brothers were very successful in Spain and in Africa.

References

• “出身”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
出	身

Noun

出身 • (chulsin) (hangeul 출신)

1. hanja form^? of 출신 (“origin”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
出	身

Verb

出身

1. chữ Hán form of xuất thân (“to come from (a background of ...); to be descended from”)

Noun

出身

1. chữ Hán form of xuất thân (“background (of a person); family background”)