# 白身
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): báishēn
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^6$ san$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-sin / pe̍eh-sin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: báishēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: báishen
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^2$-shên$^1$
*** Yale: bái-shēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshen
*** Palladius: байшэнь (bajšɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^6$ san$^1$
*** Yale: baahk sān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^9$ san$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^6$ sen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚² sɐn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-sin
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍h-sin
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peqsyn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² sin³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-sin
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-sin
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: baek syin
Rime :
| Character | 白 | 身 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (113) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 傍陌切 | 失人切 |
| Baxter | baek | syin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bˠæk̚/ | /ɕiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bᵚak̚/ | /ɕin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bak̚/ | /ɕjen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /baɨjk̚/ | /ɕin/ |
| Li Rong | /bɐk̚/ | /ɕiĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /bɐk̚/ | /ɕĭĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱɐk̚/ | /ɕi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bó | shēn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bak$^6$ | san$^1$ |

### Noun

白身
* (literary or Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, dated) ordinary citizen; commoner
* (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) lonely and impoverished person
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) white fabric
* (Taiwanese Hokkien, by extension) plain clothes; civilian clothes

#### Synonyms

* (ordinary citizen):
* 一般人 (yībānrén)
* 世人 (shìrén)
* 世間人／世间人 (Hokkien)
* 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
* 人民 (rénmín)
* 人群 (rénqún)
* 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
* 俗人 (súrén)
* 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
* 𫣆人 (Hakka)
* 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
* 公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
* 凡人 (fánrén)
* 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
* 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
* 四眾人／四众人 (si$^3$ zing$^3$ nang$^5$) (Teochew)
* 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
* 大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
* 子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
* 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
* 布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
* 常人 (chángrén)
* 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
* 平常人 (píngchángrén)
* 平民 (píngmín)
* 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
* 庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
* 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
* 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
* 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
* 民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
* 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
* 烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
* 白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
* 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
* 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
* 百姓
* 眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
* 萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
* 群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
* 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
* 良人 (liángrén) (literary)
* 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
* 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
* 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
* 萌 (literary)
* 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
* 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
* 黎民 (límín) (literary)
* 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
* 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
* 黔黎 (archaic)
* (lonely and impoverished person): (Hokkien) 白身人 (báishēnrén)
* (plain clothes): 便衣 (biànyī)

### Adjective

白身
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) with no property and no relatives (of a person)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 身 |
| しろ Grade: 1 | み Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Etymology

白 (shiro, “white”) +‎ 身 (mi, “flesh”)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しろみ [shìrómí] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) しろみ [shìróꜜmì] (Nakadaka –)
* (Tokyo) しろみ [shíꜜròmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɕiɾo̞mʲi]

### Noun

白(しろ)身(み) • (shiromi)
* egg white
* white flesh of a fish
* white portion of wood near the bark

#### Synonyms

* (egg white): 卵白(らんぱく) (ranpaku), 蛋白(たんぱく) (tanpaku)
* (white portion of wood): 白太(しらた) (shirata)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN