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

• 满身(滿身) to be covered all over
• 孤身只影(孤身隻影) a lonely body with only a shadow for company; to be all alone
• 立身处世(立身處世) the way of one's conduct and interaction in society
• 满身尘埃(滿身塵埃) dusty
• 以身报国(以身報國) to give one's body for the nation; to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
• 起身 to stand up ; to leave ; to get out of bed
• 身穿 to wear
• 身形 figure
• 身心交病 worn out in body and soul
• 通国身(通國身) understanding the state as body
• 以身许国(以身許國) to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country
• 身无长物(身無長物) to possess nothing except bare necessities; to live a poor or frugal life
• 私定终身(私定終身) to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval
• 一身是胆(一身是膽) devoid of fear ; intrepid
• 贵族身份(貴族身份) lordship
• 毛出在羊身上 wool comes from the sheep's back; One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.
• 身行 behavior; moral conduct
• 委身 to devote onself to; to submit to
• 存身 to take care of the body
• 一展身手 to showcase one's (unique) talents; to display one's (individual) prowess
• 脱身(脫身) to get away; to escape (from obligations); to free oneself; to disengage ; to take off clothes
• 守身如玉 preserve one's body like jade; to preserve one's purity
• 单身(單身) unmarried; single
• 纹身(紋身) a tattoo
• 亲身(親身) personal
• 热身赛(熱身賽) exhibition game
• 裸身 naked
• 随身道具(隨身道具) (theater) personal prop (spectacles, fan etc)
• 有失身份 to be beneath one's dignity
• 藏身处(藏身處) hiding place; hideout; shelter
• 唯有业随身(唯有業隨身) only karma will follows
• 身己 oneself ; body ; identity
• 赤身露体(赤身露體) completely naked
• 身体部分(身體部分) body part
• 化身 incarnation; reincarnation; embodiment; personification; avatar
• 脱不了身(脫不了身) busy and unable to get away
• 浑身解数(渾身解數) to give it your all; to go at it with all you've got; to throw your whole weight behind it
• 卖身(賣身) to prostitute oneself; to sell oneself into slavery
• 身才 stature; build (height and weight); figure
• 隐身(隱身) to hide oneself; to make oneself invisible
• 量身 to take measurements; to measure up
• 其自身 one's own (respective); proprietary
• 置身事外 to stay aloof from a matter
• 身在曹营心在汉(身在曹營心在漢) live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp; to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
• 澡身浴德 to bathe the body and cleanse virtue; to improve oneself by meditation
• 身负重伤(身負重傷) seriously injured
• 人身攻击(人身攻擊) personal attack
• 全身麻醉 general anesthetic
• 身轻言微(身輕言微) a person of low status and triffling talk
• 抽身 to get away from; to withdraw; to free oneself

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• 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
• 《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
• 《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
• 《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
• 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
• 用身 (用身) 今士之用身 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十二 貴義 Book 12 - Esteem for Righteousness — count: 3
• 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
• 身不正 (身不正) 其身不正 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 13. 《子路》 Zi Lu — count: 2
• 身有道 (身有道) 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
• 身亲 (身親) 必身親蒞之 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭統》 A Summary Account of Sacrifices — count: 2
• 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