Cantonese Dictionary

身手靈敏

san1 sau2 ling4 man5

quick action

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身敗名裂

san1 baai6 ming4 lit6

Mandarin: shen1 bai4 ming2 lie4

to lose all of one's wealth and fame

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身旁

san1 pong4

Mandarin: shen1 pang2

beside;next to

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身有屎

san1 jau5 si2

Mandarin: shen1 you3 shi3

(literally: with faeces on the body); to describe someone who has done something wrong

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身材

san1 coi4

Mandarin: shen1 cai2

stature; build (height and weight); figure

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身歷聲

san1 lik6 seng1

Mandarin: shen1 li4 sheng1

Simplified: 身历声

stereophonic sound

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身毒

san1 duk6

Mandarin: juan1 du3

Sindhu, an ancient name for India 

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身水身汗

san1 seoi2 san1 hon6

Mandarin: shen1 shui3 shen1 han4

sweating profusely

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身為

san1 wai4

Mandarin: shen1 wei2

state of being; -hood； as; in the capacity

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身無分文

san1 mou4 fan1 man4

Mandarin: shen1 wu2 fen1 wen2

not to have a single penny left on; penniless [Syn.] 不名一文

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身無長物

san1 mou4 coeng4 mat6

Mandarin: shen1 wu2 chang2 wu4

Simplified: 身无长物

to have nothing; to have no valuable things asides from the necessities

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身無長物

san1 mou4 zoeng6 mat6

Mandarin: shen1 wu2 zhang4 wu4

have only the bare daily necessities; possess nothing of any high value; have not a shirt to one's back

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身當命抵

san1 dong1 meng6 dai2

Mandarin: shen1 dang1 ming4 di3

Simplified: 身当命抵

to have only oneself to blame

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身痕

san1 han4

Mandarin: shen1 hen2

itchy | crave for (spoken)

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身穿

san1 cyun1

Mandarin: shen1 chuan1

to wear; wearing; [粵] 著 zoek3

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身紀

san1 gei2

Mandarin: shen1 ji4

Simplified: 身纪

pregnant; pregnancy

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身經百戰

san1 ging1 baak3 zin3

Mandarin: shen1 jing1 bai3 zhan4

to be a veteran warrior; to have experienced many a war

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身苦

san1 fu2

physical suffering; bodily suffering

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身處

san1 cyu3

Mandarin: shen1 chu3

in (some place) / to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc) / to find oneself in / placed in / surrounded by

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身軀

san1 keoi1

Mandarin: shen1 qu1

torso, body

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身軀轉動第一式

san1 keoi1 zyun3*2 dung6 dai6 jat1 sik1

[yoga] Bharadvajasana I, Sage Bharadvaja's Pose I

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身軀轉動第二式

san1 keoi1 zyun3*2 dung6 dai6 ji6 sik1

[yoga] Bharadvajasana II, Sage Bharadvaja's Pose II

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身邊

san1 bin1

Mandarin: shen1 bian1

by one's side

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身陷囹圄

san1 haam6 ling4 jyu5

Mandarin: shen1 xian4 ling2 yu3

to end up in prison; to be confined to a jail cell

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身首異處

san1 sau2 ji6 cyu3

Mandarin: shen1 shou3 yi4 chu4

decapitated; head and body separated

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身驕肉貴

san1 giu1 juk6 gwai3

Mandarin: shen1 jiao1 rou4 gui4

Simplified: 身骄肉贵

to come from a wealthy family with high status [colloquial]

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身骨

san1 gwat1

Mandarin: shen1 gu3

[1] bones, relics (of Buddhist holy men), alternative term for 舍利 = sarira which means "body" in Sanskrit (source: Wikipedia) [2] "body" as defined in tea sensory tests used by expert tea tasters. This expresses the weight of the drink on the tongue, the strength of taste and the feeling of fullness in the mouth. It is graded from light to full. (source: Baidu, and the Wissotsky Tea web site)

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身體

san1 tai2

Mandarin: shen1 ti3

Simplified: 身体

body; health

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身體健康

san1 tai2 gin6 hong1

Mandarin: shen1 ti3 jian4 kang1

Simplified: 身体健康

to be in good health (usually used in greetings such as during Chinese new year or birthdays)

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身體力行

san1 tai2 lik6 hang4

Mandarin: shen1 ti3 li4 xing2

practise what one preaches；set an example by personally taking part; earnestly practise what one advocates

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