身輕如燕

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	as (if); such as	swallow (bird); surname; place name
trad. (身輕如燕)		身	輕	如	燕
simp. (身轻如燕)		身	轻	如	燕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnqīngrúyàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄑㄧㄥㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ hing¹ jyu⁴ jin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnqīngrúyàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄑㄧㄥㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shencingrúyàn
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹-chʻing¹-ju²-yen⁴
  - Yale: shēn-chīng-rú-yàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenchingruyann
  - Palladius: шэньцинжуянь (šɛnʹcinžujanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ jɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ hing¹ jyu⁴ jin³
  - Yale: sān hīng yùh yin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ hing¹ jy⁴ jin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ hing¹ yu⁴ yin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹ jiːn³³/

Idiom

身輕如燕

to be nimble; to be lithe; to be agile

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