"動身" meaning in Chinese

See 動身 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tʊŋ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /tʊŋ²² sɐn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tɔŋ²² sin³³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /taŋ²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /doŋ²² sən⁴⁴/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /doŋ²² sən³³/ [Northern, Sinological-IPA, Suzhou, Wu], /tʊŋ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/, /tʊŋ²² sɐn⁵⁵/, /tɔŋ²² sin³³/, /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/, /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/, /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/, /taŋ²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/, /doŋ²² sən⁴⁴/, /doŋ²² sən³³/ Chinese transliterations: dòngshēn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄣ [Mandarin, bopomofo], dung⁶ san¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tǒng-sin, tōng-sin, tāng-sin, ⁶don-sen, ²don₆-sen₁, dòngshēn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄣ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], dòngshen [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tung⁴-shên¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], dùng-shēn [Mandarin, Yale, standard], donqshen [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], дуншэнь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], dunšɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], duhng sān [Cantonese, Yale], dung⁶ san¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], dung⁶ sen¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], tǒng-sin [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tǒng-sin [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], tōng-sin [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tōng-sin [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], doxngsyn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], tāng-sin [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tāng-sin [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], daxngsyn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁶don-sen [Northern, Wu], don^去 sen [Northern, Wu], ³don-sen [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, Wu], ²don₆-sen₁ [Northern, Wu], don^去 sen^平 [Northern, Wu] Forms: 动身
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 動身
  1. to start; to set out Synonyms: 上路 (shànglù), 出發 (chūfā), 出发 (chūfā), 成行 (chéngxíng) [formal], 啟程 (qǐchéng), 启程 (qǐchéng), 起程 (qǐchéng), 起身 (qǐshēn)
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        "to start; to set out"
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          "start",
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        ],
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          "set out",
          "set out"
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          "roman": "shànglù",
          "word": "上路"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chūfā",
          "word": "出發"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chūfā",
          "word": "出发"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chéngxíng",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "成行"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǐchéng",
          "word": "啟程"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǐchéng",
          "word": "启程"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǐchéng",
          "word": "起程"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǐshēn",
          "word": "起身"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dòngshēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dung⁶ san¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tǒng-sin"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tōng-sin"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tāng-sin"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶don-sen"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "²don₆-sen₁"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dòngshēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dòngshen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tung⁴-shên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dùng-shēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "donqshen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дуншэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dunšɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʊŋ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "duhng sān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dung⁶ san¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dung⁶ sen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʊŋ²² sɐn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǒng-sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǒng-sin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ²² sin³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tōng-sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tōng-sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "doxngsyn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tāng-sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tāng-sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "daxngsyn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taŋ²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶don-sen"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "don^去 sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³don-sen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/doŋ²² sən⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²don₆-sen₁"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "don^去 sen^平"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/doŋ²² sən³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Suzhou",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ tōng-sin /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʊŋ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʊŋ²² sɐn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ²² sin³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taŋ²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/doŋ²² sən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/doŋ²² sən³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "動身"
}
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "动身",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "動身",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 動",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 身",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Elementary Mandarin",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Wu lemmas",
        "Wu verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start; to set out"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "set out",
          "set out"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dòngshēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dung⁶ san¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tǒng-sin"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tōng-sin"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tāng-sin"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶don-sen"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "²don₆-sen₁"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dòngshēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dòngshen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tung⁴-shên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dùng-shēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "donqshen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дуншэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dunšɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʊŋ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "duhng sān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dung⁶ san¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dung⁶ sen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʊŋ²² sɐn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǒng-sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǒng-sin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ²² sin³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tōng-sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tōng-sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "doxngsyn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tāng-sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tāng-sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "daxngsyn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taŋ²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶don-sen"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "don^去 sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³don-sen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/doŋ²² sən⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²don₆-sen₁"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "don^去 sen^平"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/doŋ²² sən³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Suzhou",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ tōng-sin /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʊŋ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʊŋ²² sɐn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ²² sin³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taŋ²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/doŋ²² sən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/doŋ²² sən³³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shànglù",
      "word": "上路"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chūfā",
      "word": "出發"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chūfā",
      "word": "出发"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chéngxíng",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "成行"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐchéng",
      "word": "啟程"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐchéng",
      "word": "启程"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐchéng",
      "word": "起程"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐshēn",
      "word": "起身"
    }
  ],
  "word": "動身"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-07-20 using wiktextract (ed078bd and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.