化身

Chinese

		to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (化身)		化	身
simp. #(化身)		化	身

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Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit निर्माणकाय (nirmāṇakāya, “body of transformations”). The Tibetan equivalent is སྤྲུལ་སྐུ (sprul sku).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	化	身
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	呼霸切	失人切
Baxter	xwaeH	syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠuaH/	/ɕiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚaH/	/ɕin/
Shao Rongfen	/xuaH/	/ɕjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaɨH/	/ɕin/
Li Rong	/xuaH/	/ɕiĕn/
Wang Li	/xwaH/	/ɕĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwaH/	/ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huà	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faa3	san1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa³ san¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fa-sṳ̂n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòa-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàshen
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴-shên¹
    • Yale: hwà-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahshen
    • Palladius: хуашэнь (xuašɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa³ san¹
    • Yale: fa sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa³ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː³³ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fa-sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: fa siin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fa⁴ sin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fa⁵⁵ sɨn²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòa-sin
    • Tâi-lô: huà-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoarsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hua²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hua¹¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua²¹⁻⁴¹ sin⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xwaeH syin

Noun

化身

1. (Buddhism) avatar; reincarnation
2. (figuratively) living embodiment; reincarnation; personification

   他是一個現實生活中勇氣的化身。 [MSC, trad.]
   他是一个现实生活中勇气的化身。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shì yī ge xiànshí shēnghuó zhōng yǒngqì de huàshēn. [Pinyin]

   He's the living embodiment of bravery.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (化身):

• → Japanese: 化(け)身(しん) (keshin)
• → Korean: 화신(化身) (hwasin)
• → Vietnamese: hoá thân (化身)

Verb

化身

1. to transform into (a living embodiment of)
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to cremate

Synonyms

• (to cremate): 火化 (huǒhuà)