纏身

Chinese

		to bother; wind around; wrap round to bother; wind around; wrap round; coil; involve; annoy; tangle	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (纏身)		纏	身
simp. (缠身)		缠	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chánshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄕㄣ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhàn-sṳ̂n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tîⁿ-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chánshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chánshen
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²-shên¹
    • Yale: chán-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnshen
    • Palladius: чаньшэнь (čanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhàn-sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: can^ˇ siin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: can² sin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰan¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîⁿ-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tînn-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvisyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tĩ²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tĩ²⁴⁻²² sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tĩ¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tĩ²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

纏身

1. to enwrap the body

   問題纏身的公司／问题缠身的公司  ―  wèntí chánshēn de gōngsī  ―  a company plagued with problems