身高 (shēn gāo) — (a person's) height | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

身高 refers specifically to a person's height (e.g. 你身高是多少?). For objects or abstract senses, use 高 or 高度 instead.

noun

(a person's) height

身高？
Nǐ shēn gāo shì duō shǎo?
What is your height?
身高。
Wǒ shēn gāo bǐ dì di gāo hěn duō.
My height is much taller than my younger brother's.
身高。
Yī shēng liáng le wǒ de shēn gāo.
The doctor measured my height.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

身 is body and 高 is tall, so it names how tall the body is.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 身 comes from a drawing of a pregnant woman.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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