身
shēnjuān HSK1

body

身 shēn frequency
body nounlocative
(bound form) the physical body of a person or animal

我的衣服都不合我身了。

wǒ​de yī​fu dōu bù hé wǒ shēn le.

None of my clothes fit me anymore.

self nounpronoun
one's own person; oneself; personally

你不知道我身在何方。

nǐ bù​zhī​dào wǒ shēn zài hé​fāng.

You don't know where I am.

过去这一周，我身在中国。

guò​qù zhè yī​zhōu, wǒ shēn zài zhōng​guó.

I’ve been in China for the last week.

status noun
(bound form) social standing; identity; background
[suit] measure word
measure word for a suit or complete set of clothes

我的兄弟进来，换了身衣服，又出去了。

wǒ​de xiōng​dì jìn lai, huàn le shēn yī​fu, yòu chū qu le.

My brother came in, changed his clothes, and went out again.

我讨厌这身打扮。

wǒ tǎo​yàn zhè shēn dǎ​ban.

I hate this outfit.

life adjectivenoun
one's life or lifetime
main part noun
(bound form) the main body or hull of a structure, such as a car, ship, or plane
pregnant noun
(bound form) to be pregnant or have a body with child
[statue]
measure word for statues of Buddha or Bodhisattvas
I
(literary) first-person pronoun; I; me; myself (used especially during the Wei and Jin dynasties)
radical 158
the Kangxi radical for body
conduct
(bound form) moral character; upbringing; personal cultivation
身 juān
(bound form)
used in the ancient name 身毒 juān​dú for India

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Frequency
Character
Written text
164th most common 1290.5 per million
Movie subtitles
213th most common 827.5 per million appears in 96% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
134.9 per million appears in 42% of films
Written text
312.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+8EAB

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)