"纏身" meaning in Chinese

See 纏身 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰiːn²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰan¹¹ sɨn²⁴/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /tĩ²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung], /tĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei] Forms: 缠身 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 纏身
  1. (literal) to enwrap the body; (figurative) to plague; to entangle; to be tied up Derived forms: 百病纏身 (bǎibìngchánshēn), 百病缠身 (bǎibìngchánshēn)
    Sense id: en-纏身-zh-verb-8HkGYCxy Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "缠身",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "纏身",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "bǎibìngchánshēn",
          "word": "百病纏身"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǎibìngchánshēn",
          "word": "百病缠身"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a company plagued with problems",
          "roman": "wèntí chánshēn de gōngsī",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "問題纏身的公司",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a company plagued with problems",
          "roman": "wèntí chánshēn de gōngsī",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "问题缠身的公司",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to enwrap the body; (figurative) to plague; to entangle; to be tied up"
      ],
      "id": "en-纏身-zh-verb-8HkGYCxy",
      "links": [
        [
          "enwrap",
          "enwrap"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "plague",
          "plague"
        ],
        [
          "entangle",
          "entangle"
        ],
        [
          "tied up",
          "tied up"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) to enwrap the body; (figurative) to plague; to entangle; to be tied up"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chánshēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄢˊ ㄕㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ san¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhàn-sṳ̂n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîⁿ-sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chánshēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄢˊ ㄕㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chánshen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻan²-shên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chán-shēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "charnshen"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čanʹšɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чаньшэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ san¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìhn sān"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsin⁴ san¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qin⁴ sen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːn²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhàn-sṳ̂n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "can^ˇ siin^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "can² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰan¹¹ sɨn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîⁿ-sin"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tînn-sin"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dvisyn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tĩ²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "纏身"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bǎibìngchánshēn",
      "word": "百病纏身"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎibìngchánshēn",
      "word": "百病缠身"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "缠身",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "纏身",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 纏",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 身",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a company plagued with problems",
          "roman": "wèntí chánshēn de gōngsī",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "問題纏身的公司",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a company plagued with problems",
          "roman": "wèntí chánshēn de gōngsī",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "问题缠身的公司",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to enwrap the body; (figurative) to plague; to entangle; to be tied up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enwrap",
          "enwrap"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "plague",
          "plague"
        ],
        [
          "entangle",
          "entangle"
        ],
        [
          "tied up",
          "tied up"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) to enwrap the body; (figurative) to plague; to entangle; to be tied up"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chánshēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄢˊ ㄕㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ san¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhàn-sṳ̂n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîⁿ-sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chánshēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄢˊ ㄕㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chánshen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻan²-shên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chán-shēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "charnshen"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čanʹšɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чаньшэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ san¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìhn sān"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsin⁴ san¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qin⁴ sen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːn²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhàn-sṳ̂n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "can^ˇ siin^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "can² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰan¹¹ sɨn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîⁿ-sin"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tînn-sin"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dvisyn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tĩ²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "纏身"
}

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