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随身

suí shēn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 隨身

随身 (suí shēn) means "to (carry) on one's person; to (take) with one". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 随身 means

1. to (carry) on one's person
2. to (take) with one

The characters in 随身

• 随suíto follow; to comply with; varying according to...
• 身shēnbody; life; oneself

Example sentences

• 你最好随身带把伞。
  You had better take an umbrella with you.
• 你今天最好随身带把伞。
  You had better take an umbrella with you today.
• 你不需要随身带着午餐。
  You don't need to carry lunch with you.
• 他随身带着不少于两千日元。
  He has no less than two thousand yen with him.
• 如果你被困在一个荒岛上, 你会想要随身带着哪些书来看?
  Rúguǒ nǐ bèi kùn zài yī gè huāngdǎo shàng, nǐ huì xiǎngyào suíshēn dài zhe nǎxiē shū láikàn?
  If you were stranded on a desert island, what books would you want to have with you to read?
• 我上大学的时候，忘了带随身听、相机，只不过是鸡毛蒜皮的小事；可是到了这个年代，忘了带智能手机，麻烦可就大了！
  Wǒ shàng dàxué de shíhou, wàng le dài suíshēntīng, xiàngjī, zhǐbuguò shì jīmáosuànpí de xiǎoshì; kěshì dào le zhège niándài, wàng le dài zhìnéngshǒujī, máfan kějiù dà le!
  When I was in college, I could forget to bring my music player or my camera and still be ok. These days, if I forget my smartphone, I'm screwed!

Words starting with 随身

• 随身听suí shēn tīngWalkman (trademark); portable stereo
• 随身道具suí shēn dào jù(theater) personal prop (spectacles, fan etc)
• 随身碟suí shēn dié(Taiwan) USB flash drive; thumb drive

Where 随身 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · suàn–tā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read suí shēn correctly.
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