身不由己

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	not; no	follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to sb)	6th heavenly stem; self
simp. and trad. (身不由己)		身	不	由	己

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnbùyóujǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ bat¹ jau⁴ gei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shēnbùyóujǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenbuyoujii
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ i̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ bat¹ jau⁴ gei²
  - Yale: sān bāt yàuh géi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ bat⁷ jau⁴ gei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ bed¹ yeo⁴ géi²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯²¹ kei̯³⁵/

Idiom

身不由己

to be unable to determine for oneself; to be involuntary

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