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shēn

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shēn
  1. 1.pregnant

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  1. 1.to be pregnant

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tjɯns, *hljɯn): semantic 女 (“female”) + phonetic 辰 (OC *djɯn) The 章刃切 pronunciation is from 震 (OC *tjɯn, “to shake; to rouse”) (Schuessler, 2007). The 失人切 pronunciation is a xundu (訓讀) from 身 (MC syin) (Zhengzhang, 2003).

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