身 shēn

1. shēn noun human body; torso
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '身' n 1; Unihan '身')
2. shēn noun Kangxi radical 158
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Body (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '身' n 9; Unihan '身')
3. shēn measure word measure word for clothes
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (Guoyu '身' n 8)
4. shēn noun self
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 身 may function as a reflexive pronoun in Literary Chinese, in the sense of 自己 (Guoyu '身' n 4; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 83).
5. shēn noun life
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 身 is the same as 生命 or 性命 (Guoyu '身' n 3)
6. shēn noun an object
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '身' n 2)
7. shēn noun a lifetime
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 身 is the same as 辈子
8. shēn adverb personally
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense in Literary Chinese 身 is the same as 亲身 or 亲自 in modern Chinese (Guoyu '身' adv; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 137). For example, 彼身織屨，妻辟纑，以易之也。'He himself weaves sandals of hemp, and his wife twists and dresses threads of hemp to sell or exchange them.' (Mengzi: 6.10/35/19, translation by Legge)
9. shēn noun moral character
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 品格 (Guoyu '身' n 5)
10. shēn noun status; identity; position
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 身分 or 地位 (Guoyu '身' n 6)
11. shēn noun pregnancy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 有身 (Guoyu '身' n 7)
12. juān proper noun India
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Abbreviation for 身毒 (Guoyu '身' juān)

Contained in

• 身经百战(身經百戰) veteran of a hundred battles; experienced; seasoned
• 爽身粉 baby powder; talcum powder
• 身处(身處) in; to be in; to find oneself in; placed in; surrounded by
• 通国身(通國身) understanding the state as body
• 存身 to take care of the body
• 身陷牢狱(身陷牢獄) to go to prison; to be imprisoned
• 单身(單身) unmarried; single
• 孑然一身 to be all alone by oneself
• 遍身 over the whole body
• 身上 on the body; at hand; among
• 身心俱疲 physically and emotionally exhausted
• 丧身(喪身) to die
• 纹身(紋身) a tattoo
• 艺多不压身(藝多不壓身) it's always good to have more skills
• 单身汪(單身汪) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
• 身板 body; physique; physical condition
• 身强力壮(身強力壯) strong and vigorous; sturdy; robust
• 身型 body shape
• 一身两役(一身兩役) one person taking on two tasks simultaneously
• 章身 clothing
• 明哲保身 a wise man looks after his own body; to put one's own safety before matters of principle
• 终身俸(終身俸) retirement pay; pension
• 身怀绝技(身懷絕技) to possess a unique skill
• 容身 to find a place for
• 身心障碍(身心障礙) disability
• 知命安身 to know one's fate and submit to it
• 身子 body ; pregnancy ; self
• 重身子 pregnant; pregnant woman
• 身分 identity ; social status ; dignity ; posture; style ; character
• 置身事外 to stay aloof from a matter
• 柔身术(柔身術) contortion (performance art)
• 身心 body and mind
• 己身 oneself
• 纵身(縱身) to leap; to spring; to throw oneself ; to leap; to spring; to throw oneself ; to leap; to spring; to throw oneself
• 五短身材 (of a person) short in stature
• 缠身(纏身) (of an illness, debt etc) to plague; to bind
• 藏身处(藏身處) hiding place; hideout; shelter
• 贴身(貼身) close fitting [clothes] ; to keep close by ; a close concubine
• 其自身 one's own (respective); proprietary
• 身光 aureole
• 地牛翻身 earthquake
• 独身(獨身) unmarried; single
• 包身工 indentured laborer
• 全身而退 to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece
• 身心交病 worn out in body and soul
• 私定终身(私定終身) to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval
• 设身处地(設身處地) to put oneself in somebody else's position
• 身心爽快 refreshment
• 澡身浴德 to bathe the body and cleanse virtue; to improve oneself by meditation
• 一身 all over the body ; one body ; body height ; a set of clothes ; only one heir

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破身

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 55
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 50
• 卷27　志第22 百官中 Volume 27 Treatises 22: Government Offices 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 41
• 《中庸章句》 Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 36
• 《大學章句》 Commentary on Great Learning Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 36
• 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 31
• 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 31
• 卷五十三 Scroll 53 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 30
• 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 29
• 卷五十九 Scroll 59 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 27

Collocations

• 身死 (身死) 鄉為身死而不受 — Mencius 孟子, 告子上 Gaozi I — count: 6
• 去身 (去身) 去身之偏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 君身 (君身) 不及君身 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 危身 (危身) 與其危身以速罪也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 3
• 用身 (用身) 今士之用身 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十二 貴義 Book 12 - Esteem for Righteousness — count: 3
• 杀身 (殺身) 有殺身以成仁 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 15. 《衛靈公》 Wei Ling Gong — count: 3
• 爱身 (愛身) 而愛身乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
• 使身 (使身) 使身死而爲刑戮 — Mozi 墨子, 卷二 尚賢中 Book 2 - Exaltation of the Virtuous II — count: 2
• 身修 (身修) 心正而後身修 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《大學》 The Great Learning — count: 2
• 诚身 (誠身) 誠身有道 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《中庸》 The State of Equilibrium and Harmony, also known as the Doctrine of the Mean — count: 2