身 shēn
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shēn
noun
human body; torso
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '身' n 1; Unihan '身') -
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') -
shēn
measure word
measure word for clothes
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '身' n 8) -
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). -
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) -
shēn
noun
an object
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '身' n 2) -
shēn
noun
a lifetime
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 身 is the same as 辈子 -
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) -
shēn
noun
moral character
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 品格 (Guoyu '身' n 5) -
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) -
shēn
noun
pregnancy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 有身 (Guoyu '身' n 7) -
juān
proper noun
India
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Abbreviation for 身毒 (Guoyu '身' juān)
Contained in
- 双重身分(雙重身分) double identity
- 身陷牢笼(身陷牢籠) fallen into a trap
- 五短身材 (of a person) short in stature
- 亲身(親身) personal
- 树身(樹身) tree trunk
- 上身 upper body
- 身份证号码(身份證號碼) I.D. number
- 遍身 over the whole body
- 柱身 column shaft (architecture)
- 健身室 gym
- 身兼 to hold two jobs simultaneously
- 缠身(纏身) (of an illness, debt etc) to plague; to bind
- 咸鱼翻身(鹹魚翻身) the salted fish turns over; to experience a reversal of fortune
- 分身乏术(分身乏術) to be up to one's ears in work; to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
- 罄身 nudity; nakedness
- 孤身只影(孤身隻影) a lonely body with only a shadow for company; to be all alone
- 身份证明(身份證明) proof of identity; ID card
- 身经百战(身經百戰) veteran of a hundred battles; experienced; seasoned
- 保身 to take care of the body
- 身姿 posture
- 身板儿(身板兒) body
- 飞身(飛身) to move quickly; to vault; flying tackle
- 身份卡 identity card; ID card
- 挺身而出 straighten up and step out; to step forward bravely
- 置身 to place oneself; to stay
- 欠身 to half rise out of one's chair
- 修身 to practice self-cultivation; to cultivate
- 净心修身(凈心修身) to have an untroubled heart and behave morally
- 以身试法(以身試法) to challenge the law; to knowingly violate the law
- 翻身 to roll over ; to turn around one's fortune
- 藏身处(藏身處) hiding place; hideout; shelter
- 进身(進身) to get oneself promoted to a higher rank
- 养身(養身) to take good care of one's body
- 全身麻醉 general anesthetic
- 身亡 to die
- 身教胜于言教(身教勝於言教) teaching by example beats explaining in words; action speaks louder than words
- 地牛翻身 earthquake
- 身世 life experience; one's lot
- 瘦身 to lose weight
- 身份盗窃(身份盜竊) identity theft
- 单身汉(單身漢) bachelor; unmarried man
- 身才 stature; build (height and weight); figure
- 身强力壮(身強力壯) strong and vigorous; sturdy; robust
- 章身 clothing
- 躬身 to bow
- 言传身教(言傳身教) to teach by words and example
- 厕身(廁身) to participate; to play a humble role in
Also contained in
以其人之道,还治其人之身 、 金身 、 我身 、 身魔
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
- 《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
- 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 31
- 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 30
- 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
- 身亲 (身親) 必身親蒞之 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭統》 A Summary Account of Sacrifices — count: 2
- 成身 (成身) 敢問何謂成身 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《哀公問》 Questions of Duke Ai — count: 2
- 王身 (王身) 以祈王身 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2
- 身观 (身觀) 身觀焉 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十 經說上 Book 10 - Exposition of Canon I — count: 2