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shēn

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shēn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shēn | shen1
English translation
body
life
oneself
personally
one's morality and conduct
the main part of a structure or body
pregnant
classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset
Kangxi radical 158
body, torso; person; pregnancy

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About shēn

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Number of strokes

7

Radical frequency

97

Traditional form

shēn

Contains the radical

shēn

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

A pregnant woman

Etymology of shēn

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

Explanation

Pictograph of a person with an protruding midsection. The protruding midsection is variously explained as (1) representing the main part of a person's body, or (2) as representing a pregnant woman that has a body inside her body.

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Example sentences using shēn

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yīn shòu ér téng wān xià le shēn .

He doubled up with the pain of the bolw.

wān shēn shè de 手套 shǒutào .

He bent down to pick up his gloves.

zhè wèi 身体 shēntǐ 高大 gāo dà 胡须 húxū chá de rén 耸了耸肩.

The big beared man shrugged.

小王 chī wán fàn Hòu shēn shǎng jiù zhǐ xià shèng 三十 sān shí kuài Qián le .

After his meal, Xiao Wang had only 30 yuan left.

yòng dào rén 身上 shēn shang , zhè shì zài ; 用到拥护 yōnghù de rén , 就是 jiù shì zài kuā . ”

Applied to an opponent, it is abuse, applied to someone you agree with, it is praise.'

Words with shēn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shēn body shēn
身体 shēntǐ the body身體
身上 shēn shang on the body身上 shēn shang
身边 shēn biān on hand身邊
身份 shēnfèn identity身份 shēnfèn
本身 běnshēn itself本身 běnshēn
自身 zì shēn itself自身 zì shēn
单身 dān shēn unmarried單身
全身 quán shēn whole body全身 quán shēn
身材 shēncái stature身材 shēncái
身后 shēn hòu posthumous身後
转身 zhuǎn shēn to face about轉身
身份证 shēn fèn zhèng ID身份證
健身 jiànshēn to exercise健身 jiànshēn
身高 shēn gāo (a person's) height身高 shēn gāo
浑身 húnshēn all over渾身
一身 yī shēn whole body一身 yī shēn
终身 zhōngshēn lifelong終身
起身 qǐ shēn to get up起身 qǐ shēn
机身 jī shēn fuselage of a plane機身
随身 suíshēn to (take) with one隨身
出身 chūshēn to be born of出身 chūshēn
身影 shēn yǐng silhouette身影 shēn yǐng
身心 shēn xīn body and mind身心 shēn xīn
身亡 shēn wáng to die身亡 shēn wáng

shēn Decomposition & Compounds

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shēn Compounds

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  • shēn
    • shè
    • gōng
      • gōng , qióng
      • gōng ,
    • duǒ , tǎng , , , , duǒ , , kēng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 躿, , , , , , , , , ,
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