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上身

Mandarin · pinyin shàng shēn

upper part of the body
to put on (clothes on the upper body)
(of a spirit, disease, misfortune etc) to afflict one; to possess one

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上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
身: shēn · body; trunk, hull; Kangxi radical 158

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4–1 · shang4 shen1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

soeng5 san1

Cantonese word readings for 上身. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

upper part of the body
upper garment; top; jacket
(dialectal Mandarin) chest; thorax
(dialectal Mandarin) breasts of a female

verb

(of a spirit) to possess one's body
to start wearing (clothes)
(Cantonese) to be responsible for
(Loudi Xiang) to be pregnant

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