身外之物

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	's; him/her/it; this	thing; object; matter
trad. (身外之物)		身	外	之	物
simp. #(身外之物)		身	外	之	物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnwàizhīwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄨㄞˋ ㄓ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ ngoi⁶ zi¹ mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnwàizhīwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄨㄞˋ ㄓ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenwàijhihwù
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-wai⁴-chih¹-wu⁴
    • Yale: shēn-wài-jr̄-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenwayjywuh
    • Palladius: шэньвайчжиу (šɛnʹvajčžiu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ ngoi⁶ zi¹ mat⁶
    • Yale: sān ngoih jī maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ ngoi⁶ dzi¹ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ ngoi⁶ ji¹ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ ŋɔːi̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵ mɐt̚²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 身外之物

1. mere worldly possessions; things external to one's life

   錢乃身外之物。／钱乃身外之物。  ―  Qián nǎi shēnwàizhīwù.  ―  Money will come and go.