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Meaning of 身
Pinyin
shēn
Radical
身
Strokes
7
Definition
body / torso / person / life / status / pregnancy / (a measure word used for clothes) suit
Usage
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身 [shēn]
名
【本义】:身躯的总称
1. 人、动物的躯体，物体的主要部分: body
例如：～躯。人～。～材。～段。船～。树～。
2. 指人的生命或一生: life
例如：～世。献～。
3. 亲自，本人: oneself; self
例如：自～。亲～。～教。～体力行。
4. 统指人的地位、品德: status
例如：出～。～分。～败名裂。
5. 孕，娠: conceive; be pregnant
例如：～孕。
6. 量词，指整套衣服: suit
例如：做了一～儿新衣服。
副
1. 亲身，亲自: personally
例如：身历。
动
1. 怀孕: conceive; be pregnant
例如：身已; 身怀六甲; 身瑞。
2. 体验: learn through practice
例如：尧、舜性之也;汤、武身之也。
3. 担当: take on
例如：中有贤子自为家督。
4. 担任: hold the post of
例如：自奉天入，琯身中军先锋。
量
用于衣服: suit
例如：一身衣服。
引文（如《说文》、文献示例等）
1. 《说文》：身，躬也。象人之形。
2. 《论语·乡党》：必有寝礼，长一身有半。
3. 《诗·秦风·黄鸟》：人百其身。
4. 《礼记·哀公问》：身也者，亲之枝也。
5. 其他引用和例句示例如：身边人，身名俱泰等。
（*引自繁体辞典解释）
参见「身毒」条。
to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers / regardless of perils
without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary / not of one's own volition / in spite of oneself
stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt / fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
clean-living and honest (idiom); to avoid immorality / to shun evil influence / to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble / to keep one's hands clean
to give it your all / to go at it with all you've got / to throw your whole weight behind it / also pr. [hun2 shen1 jie3 shu4]
social status / price of a slave / price of a person (a sportsman etc) / worth / value (of stocks, valuables etc)
lit. pull one hair and the whole body moves / fig. a slight change will affect everything else / the butterfly effect
to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to
to turn over (when lying) / (fig.) to free oneself / to emancipate oneself / to bring about a change of one's fortunes
to lose one's standing / to have one's reputation swept away / a complete defeat and fall from grace
in a state of nature / in one's birthday suit / as naked as when one was born / in the altogether / stark naked
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Input Method for 身
Pinyin
shen1
Wubi
tmdt
Cangjie
hxh
Zhengma
nc
Four Corner
27400
Unicode
U+8eab
Stroke Number Category
HSK Level Category