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shēn

Main
English Definition	body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; measure word for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
Simplified Script	身
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	shēn
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	san¹
Part of Speech	(量) measure word

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Words With Same Head Word
身体	shēntǐ	the body; one's health; in person
身边	shēnbiān	at one's side; on hand
身高	shēngāo	(a person's) height
身材	shēncái	stature; build (height and weight); figure
身分	shēnfèn	variant of 身份

Words With Same Tail Word
全身	quánshēn	whole body; em (typography)
单身	dānshēn	unmarried; single
本身	běnshēn	itself; in itself; per se
转身	zhuǎnshēn	(of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
出身	chūshēn	to be born; to come from; family background; class origin

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