棲身

Chinese

		to roost; to inhabit; to stay to roost; to inhabit; to stay; habitat	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (棲身)		棲	身
simp. (栖身)		栖	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹ san¹
Min Nan (POJ): chhe-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cishen
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-shên¹
  - Yale: chī-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chishen
  - Palladius: цишэнь (cišɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cai¹ san¹
  - Yale: chāi sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cei¹ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tshe-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhesyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³ ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/

Verb

棲身

to stay; to sojourn; to dwell

Synonyms

存身 (cúnshēn) (literary)
安身 (ānshēn) (literary)
容身 (róngshēn) (literary)
寄寓 (jìyù) (literary)
寄居 (jìjū) (to live away from home)

寓 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
居住 (jūzhù)
居留 (jūliú)
藏身 (cángshēn)
處身／处身 (chǔshēn) (formal)

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