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身

shēn

HSK 2 Character

What 身 means

1. body
2. life
3. oneself
4. personally
5. one's morality and conduct
6. the main part of a structure or body
7. pregnant
8. classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset
9. Kangxi radical 158

Example sentences

• 我单身。
  I am a bachelor.
• 热身去。
  Go warm up.
• 她还是独身
  Tā háishi dúshēn
  She's still single.
• 身心具疲。
  Shēnxīnjùpí.
  Both physically and mentally exhausted.
• 瞧你身后。
  Look behind you.
• 切身之痛。
  It's a personal pain.

Words starting with 身

• 身体shēn tǐthe body; one's health
• 身上shēn shangon the body; at hand; among
• 身边shēn biānat one's side; on hand
• 身份shēn fènidentity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role…
• 身材shēn cáistature; build (height and weight); figure
• 身子shēn zibody; pregnancy; health
• 身后shēn hòuthe time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background
• 身影shēn yǐngsilhouette; figure
• 身份证shēn fèn zhèngidentity card; ID
• 身高shēn gāo(a person's) height
• 身心shēn xīnbody and mind; mental and physical
• 身为shēn wéiin the capacity of; as
• 身穿shēn chuānto wear (a garment)
• 身躯shēn qūbody
• 身着shēn zhuóto wear
• 身亡shēn wángto die
• 身处shēn chǔin (some place); to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc)…
• 身价shēn jiàsocial status; price of a slave; price of a person (a sportsman etc)
• 身世shēn shìone's life experience; one's lot; one's past history
• 身形shēn xíngfigure (esp. a woman's)
• 身手shēn shǒuskill; talent; agility
• 身段shēn duàna woman's physique; figure; posture on stage
• 身不由己shēn bù yóu jǐ(idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control; unable to do anything about it…
• 身家shēn jiāoneself and one's family; family background; pedigree

Words containing 身

• 健身房jiàn shēn fánggym; fitness club
• 本身běn shēnitself; in itself; per se
• 浑身hún shēnall over; from head to foot
• 出身chū shēnto be born of; to come from; family background
• 随身suí shēnto (carry) on one's person; to (take) with one
• 终身zhōng shēnlifelong; all one's life; marriage
• 亲身qīn shēnpersonal; oneself
• 动身dòng shēnto go on a journey; to leave
• 合身hé shēnwell-fitting (of clothes)
• 转身zhuǎn shēn(of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
• 自身zì shēnitself; oneself; one's own
• 一身yī shēnwhole body; from head to toe; single person
• 全身quán shēnthe whole body; (typography) em
• 起身qǐ shēnto get up; to leave; to set forth
• 单身dān shēnunmarried; single; alone
• 健身jiàn shēnto exercise; to keep fit; to work out
• 人身rén shēnperson; personal; human body
• 翻身fān shēnto turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself
• 上身shàng shēnupper part of the body; to put on (clothes on the upper body)…
• 置身zhì shēnto place oneself; to be (in a place or situation)
• 车身chē shēnthe body of a vehicle; (bicycle) frame
• 满身mǎn shēncovered all over
• 化身huà shēnincarnation; reincarnation; embodiment (of abstract idea)
• 投身tóu shēnto throw oneself into sth

Characters that look like 身

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 易yìeasy; amiable; to change
• 妻qī(bound form) wife
• 寿shòulong life; old age; age
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 舟zhōuboat
• 劵juànold variant of 倦

Sounds the same

Read shēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 深(lit. and fig.) deep
• 申to extend; to state; to explain
• 伸to stretch; to extend
• 呻(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 绅member of gentry
• 莘long; numerous
• 参ginseng; one of the 28 constellations
• 娠pregnant
• 砷arsenic (chemistry)
• 甡multitude; crowd
• 燊brisk; vigorous (of fire)
• 珅a kind of jade