"捨身" meaning in Chinese

See 捨身 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /sɛː³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sa³¹ sɨn²⁴/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /sia⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /sia²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/, /sɛː³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/, /sa³¹ sɨn²⁴/, /sia⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/, /sia²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: shěshēn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄜˇ ㄕㄣ [Mandarin, bopomofo], se² san¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sá-sṳ̂n [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], sià-sin, shěshēn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄕㄜˇ ㄕㄣ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], shěshen [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], shê³-shên¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], shě-shēn [Mandarin, Yale, standard], sheeshen [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], шэшэнь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], šɛšɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sé sān [Cantonese, Yale], se² san¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sé² sen¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sá-sṳ̂n [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], sa^ˋ siin^ˊ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], sa³ sin¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], sià-sin [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], sià-sin [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], siarsyn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 舍身
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 捨身
  1. to sacrifice one's life; to lay down one's life Synonyms: 捐軀 (juānqū), 捐躯 (juānqū), 犧牲 (xīshēng), 牺牲 (xīshēng), 獻身 (xiànshēn), 献身 (xiànshēn), 赴死 (fùsǐ), 陣亡 (zhènwáng) (english: to die in battle), 阵亡 (zhènwáng) (english: to die in battle)
    Sense id: en-捨身-zh-verb-VH~77PxR Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Death
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
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        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
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        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
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        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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        "Zhangzhou"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sa³¹ sɨn²⁴/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/sia⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/sia²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/"
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        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
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        "Yale"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
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      "zh-pron": "sá-sṳ̂n"
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        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
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      "zh-pron": "sa^ˋ siin^ˊ"
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        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sa³¹ sɨn²⁴/",
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        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sià-sin"
    },
    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sià-sin"
    },
    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siarsyn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sia⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sia²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sa³¹ sɨn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sia⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sia²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "juānqū",
      "word": "捐軀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juānqū",
      "word": "捐躯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshēng",
      "word": "犧牲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshēng",
      "word": "牺牲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiànshēn",
      "word": "獻身"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiànshēn",
      "word": "献身"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fùsǐ",
      "word": "赴死"
    },
    {
      "english": "to die in battle",
      "roman": "zhènwáng",
      "word": "陣亡"
    },
    {
      "english": "to die in battle",
      "roman": "zhènwáng",
      "word": "阵亡"
    }
  ],
  "word": "捨身"
}

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