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身下 (shēn xià) — the area beneath one's body; under one's body

Definition

A locative noun meaning 'the area directly beneath one's body' (e.g. lying down, sitting). Compare 身上 ('on/at one's body, on one's person') — 身下 is below, 身上 is on or with.

noun
the area beneath one's bodyunder one's body

Examples

  • 身下。
    Māo quán suō zài zhǔ rén de shēn xià.
    The cat curled up under its owner's body.
  • 身下，。
    Tā bǎ qián bāo yā zài shēn xià, pà bèi rén tōu zǒu.
    He pressed his wallet under his body, afraid someone would steal it.
  • 身下。
    Bìng rén xū yào bǎo chí shēn xià de chuáng dān gān jìng.
    The patient needs to keep the bedsheet under their body clean.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

身shēnbody
下xiàbelow

身 'body' and 下 'below' combine to mean the area beneath the body.

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.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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