喪身

See also: 丧身

Chinese

		lose (by death); mourning; funeral	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (喪身)		喪	身
simp. (丧身)		丧	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sàngshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄤˋ ㄕㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sàngshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄤˋ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sàngshen
  - Wade–Giles: sang⁴-shên¹
  - Yale: sàng-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanqshen
  - Palladius: саншэнь (sanšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑŋ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: sangH syin

Rime
Character	喪	身
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	蘇浪切	失人切
Baxter	sangH	syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑŋ^H/	/ɕiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑŋ^H/	/ɕin/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑŋ^H/	/ɕjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/saŋ^H/	/ɕin/
Li Rong	/sɑŋ^H/	/ɕiĕn/
Wang Li	/sɑŋ^H/	/ɕĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑŋ^H/	/ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sàng	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	song³	san¹

Verb

喪身

(literary) to be killed; to lose one's life

Synonyms

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下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
不祿 / 不禄 (bùlù) (archaic, euphemistic, of military officers)
亡
亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
亡身 (wángshēn) (literary)
仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
仙遊 / 仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
傾世 / 倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
傾亡 / 倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
凋謝 / 凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)
化去 (huàqù) (euphemistic)
升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
即世 (jíshì) (literary)
去世 (qùshì)
合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
喪亡 / 丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
喪命 / 丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
喪生 / 丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
嗚呼 / 呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, dysphemistic)
嚥氣 / 咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
圓寂 / 圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
壽終正寢 / 寿终正寝 (shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn) (euphemistic)
失氣 / 失气 (shīqì) (literary)
安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic)
安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
小喇叭兒吹了 / 小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing Mandarin)
就義 / 就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
彈老三 / 弹老三 (Northern Wu, informal, humorous)
往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
掛 / 挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
故 (gù)
故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
斃命 / 毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
早死 (zǎosǐ)
晏駕 / 晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
棄世 / 弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
歸天 / 归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
歸西 / 归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)
歸道山 / 归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
死 (sǐ)
死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
死人 (sǐrén)
死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
死翹翹 / 死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
死脫 / 死脱 (⁵shi-theq) (Wu)
殞 / 殒 (yǔn) (archaic)
殺身 / 杀身 (shāshēn) (literary)
氣絕 / 气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
沒世 / 没世 (mòshì) (literary)
沉眠 (chénmián) (euphemistic)
消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
狗帶 / 狗带 (gǒudài) (slang, neologism)
畢命 / 毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
病亡 (bìngwáng) (to die of illness)
病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
病死 (bìngsǐ) (to die of illness)
病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
瘐死 (yǔsǐ) (of deaths in prison)
百年歸老 / 百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
盡命 / 尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
終 / 终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
絕 / 绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
翹辮子 / 翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
蒙主寵召 / 蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào) (Christianity, euphemistic)
薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
被難 / 被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
見背 / 见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
見閻王 / 见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
見馬克思 / 见马克思 (jiàn Mǎkèsī) (communism, euphemistic)
謝世 / 谢世 (xièshì) (literary)
賓天 / 宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
走去踮 (Hokkien, euphemistic)
身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
辭世 / 辞世 (císhì) (literary)
辭塵 / 辞尘 (cíchén) (literary, euphemistic)
逝世 (shìshì)
進棺材 / 进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
過世 / 过世 (guòshì)
過去 / 过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
過往 / 过往 (Hokkien, Teochew, euphemistic)
過身 / 过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
過面 / 过面 (Hokkien)
長山賣鴨卵 / 长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
長眠 / 长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
閉眼 / 闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
隕落 / 陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
離世 / 离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
駕崩 / 驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
駕鶴西去 / 驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
駕鶴西遊 / 驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
龍馭上賓 / 龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)