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身材

shēn cái

HSK 5 2-character word

What 身材 means

1. stature
2. build (height and weight)
3. figure

The characters in 身材

• 身shēnbody; life; oneself
• 材cáimaterial; timber; ability

Example sentences

• 速成好身材。
  Get fit fast.
• 她有着一头金发，瘦高的身材。
  Tā yǒuzhe yītóu jīnfà, shòu gāo de shēncái.
  She has blonde hair and a slim figure.
• 现代版旗袍因能突显女人的身材而闻名。
  Xiàndài bǎn qípáo yīn néng tūxiǎn nǚrén de shēncái ér wénmíng.
  The modernized version of the qipao is noted for accentuating the female figure.
• 我奶奶年轻的时候身材很苗条，现在年纪大了就发福了。
  Wǒ nǎinai niánqīng de shíhou shēncái hěn miáotiao, xiànzài niánjì dà le jiù fāfú le.
  When my grandmother was young, her body was very slim. Now in her old age she's grown plump.
• 最初的旗袍遮住了女性身体的大部分，只露出头部、手和脚趾头，为的是无论穿戴者的年龄如何,都能隐藏她的身材。
  Zuì chū de qípáo zhēzhù le nǚxìng shēntǐ de dàbùfen, zhǐ lùchū tóubù, shǒu hé jiǎozhǐtou, wèideshì wúlùn chuāndài zhě de niánlíng rúhé, dōu néng yǐncáng tā de shēncái.
  The original qipao covered most of a woman's body, revealing only the head, the hands and the tips of the toes, in order to conceal the figure of the wearer regardless of her age.
• 2015 年 4 月 14 日，我步行前往列治文公共市场，先是爬上了外面的阶梯。市场内部宽敞的中庭式建筑，让我感觉彷佛置身于丛林之中。我当时已经有点饿了，便小跑到小吃摊「瓦船长」那里，点了一份面和一杯热茶。面里有鱿鱼、鱼和豆腐。我吃着吃着，一位穿着紫色 T 恤的英俊原住民男子从我身边走过。接着，一位身材魁梧、相貌英俊的犹太人也走了过来。几分钟后，我开始觉得口渴，于是在「QQ 珍珠奶茶与咖啡」买了一杯冰镇薄荷珍珠绿茶。我坐在阶梯旁慢慢品尝。附近坐着一家三口吃东西，男人是黑人，女人是东亚人，小孩是混血儿。我喝珍珠奶茶上瘾，于是在「花生家」又买了一杯。这次是冰镇青苹果珍珠绿茶，味道好极了。我搭扶梯下楼。去洗手间的路上，我注意到一个大水族箱，里面养着大概是体型巨大的阿拉斯加红帝王蟹，蟹腿上长满了藤壶。不知怎的，它们让我想起了外星生物。在书店里，我买了一本图文并茂的绿色植物学书籍，上面用的是汉字。一个月前我把它放在一个箱子上，现在还在那里。这本书 14 块钱。我搭扶梯上楼。我对珍珠奶茶还是有瘾，于是用剩下的零钱买了一杯冰荔枝珍珠绿茶。味道好极了，里面甚至还有白色的荔枝果肉。
  On the 14th of April of 2015, I walk to the Richmond Public Market, I first climbing the stairs outside. Inside, the wide atrium-like building is like a garden in a jungle surrounding, I imagine. Already quite hungry, I trot to Captain Wa, the food vendor, to get noodles with squid, fish, and tofu, as well as hot tea. As I eat, a handsome First Nations man in a purple T-shirt walks by. Then a handsome, stocky Jewish fellow walks by. A few minutes later, I begin to thirst, so I get a cold Mint Bubble Green Tea at the vendor QQ Bubble Tea and Coffee. I sit by the stairs to sip. A threesome family sits eating nearby, the man being black, the woman being Oriental, and the child being a hybrid. Addicted to Bubble Tea, I get another one, this time at Peanut's. It is a cold Green Apple Bubble Green Tea. It is delicious. I take the escalator down. On my way to the washroom, I notice a big aquarium full of probably giant red Alaskan king crabs with barnacles on their legs. They remind me of extraterrestrials, somehow. At the bookstore, I buy a heavily illustrated green botany book in sinograms. I left it on top of a box a month ago and it is still there. It is $14. I take the escalator up. Addicted to Bubble Tea, I spend my remaining coins on a cold Lychee Bubble Green Tea. It is delicious with even bits of white lychee flesh.

Words containing 身材

• 五短身材wǔ duǎn shēn cái(of a person) short in stature

Sounds the same

Read shēn cái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 身才stature; build (height and weight); figure