纏身

Chinese

		to bother; wind around; wrap round to bother; wind around; wrap round; coil; involve; annoy; tangle	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (纏身)		纏	身
simp. (缠身)		缠	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chánshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhàn-sṳ̂n
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tîⁿ-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chánshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chánshen
  - Wade–Giles: chʻan²-shên¹
  - Yale: chán-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnshen
  - Palladius: чаньшэнь (čanʹšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhàn-sṳ̂n
  - Hakka Romanization System: canˇ siin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: can² sin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰan¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîⁿ-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tînn-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvisyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tĩ²⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tĩ²⁴⁻²² ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tĩ¹³⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tĩ²³⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/

Verb

纏身

(literal, figurative) to enwrap the body
問題纏身的公司／问题缠身的公司 ― wèntí chánshēn de gōngsī ― a company plagued with problems

Derived terms

百病纏身／百病缠身 (bǎibìngchánshēn)

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