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
- 缠身(纏身) (of an illness, debt etc) to plague; to bind
- 无处容身(無處容身) nowhere to hide
- 打翻身仗 to work hard towards a turnaround; to fight to reverse sth
- 身光 aureole
- 健身 physical exercise
- 己身 oneself
- 孑身 all by oneself
- 身心爽快 refreshment
- 死无葬身之地(死無葬身之地) to die without a burial site; to die a pauper; a tragic end
- 护身符(護身符) amulet; protective talisman; charm
- 有失身份 to be beneath one's dignity
- 八疸身面黄(八疸身面黃) eight types of jaundice with yellowing of body and face (TCM)
- 舍身求法(捨身求法) to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth
- 文身 a tattoo
- 身心障碍(身心障礙) disability
- 藏身处(藏身處) hiding place; hideout; shelter
- 脱不了身(脫不了身) busy and unable to get away
- 洁身自好(潔身自好) clean-living and honest
- 粉身碎骨 torn body and crushed bones; die horribly; sacrifice one's life
- 失身分 demeaning
- 罄身 nudity; nakedness
- 一展身手 to showcase one's (unique) talents; to display one's (individual) prowess
- 身轻如燕(身輕如燕) as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl)
- 船身 hull; body of a ship
- 初试身手(初試身手) to have a try; to try one's hand; initial foray
- 热身赛(熱身賽) exhibition game
- 欠身 to bow; to half rise out of one's chair
- 全身中毒性毒剂(全身中毒性毒劑) systemic agent; systemic gas; systemic poison
- 独身(獨身) unmarried; single
- 通国身(通國身) understanding the state as body
- 半身像 a half figure; a half-length photo; a portrait; a bust
- 放下身段 to get off one's high horse
- 贴身(貼身) close fitting [clothes] ; to keep close by ; a close concubine
- 闪身(閃身) to dodge
- 身量 height (of a person); stature; reputation; standing
- 健身房 gym; gymnasium
- 进身(進身) to get oneself promoted to a higher rank
- 澡身浴德 to bathe the body and cleanse virtue; to improve oneself by meditation
- 身陷囹圄 thrown into prison; behind bars
- 周身 whole body
- 设身处地(設身處地) to put oneself in somebody else's position
- 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
- 亲身(親身) personal
- 身子 body ; pregnancy ; self
- 身才 stature; build (height and weight); figure
- 紧身(緊身) skintight
- 卖身(賣身) to prostitute oneself; to sell oneself into slavery
- 可身 to fit well (clothes)
- 身怀绝技(身懷絕技) to possess a unique skill
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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
- 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 31
- 卷五十三 Scroll 53 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 30
- 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 身修 (身修) 心正而後身修 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《大學》 The Great Learning — 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
- 及身 (及身) 難將及身 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — 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