身材

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	material
trad. (身材)		身	材
simp. #(身材)		身	材

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēncái

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ coi⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂n-chhòi
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng-*còi / sĭng-*cài
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-châi
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹sen-ze

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēncái
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shencái
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-tsʻai²
    • Yale: shēn-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shentsair
    • Palladius: шэньцай (šɛnʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ coi⁴
    • Yale: sān chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂n-chhòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin´ coiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin¹ coi²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn²⁴ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng-*còi / sĭng-*cài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵ t͡søy⁵³/, /siŋ⁵⁵ t͡sai⁵³/

Note: sĭng-*cài - modern.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-châi
    • Tâi-lô: sin-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinzaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹sen-ze
    • MiniDict: sen^平 ze
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sen-ze
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sən⁵⁵ ze²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: syin dzoj

Rime
Character	身	材
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	失人切	昨哉切
Baxter	syin	dzoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪn/	/d͡zʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕin/	/d͡zəi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjen/	/d͡zɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕin/	/d͡zəj/
Li Rong	/ɕiĕn/	/d͡zᴀi/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕn/	/d͡zɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ĕn/	/d͡zʱɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	cái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san1	coi4

Noun

身材

1. stature; figure; build (height and weight); body type

   身材走形  ―  shēncái zǒuxíng  ―  to be out of shape

   她的身材很好。  ―  Tā de shēncái hěn hǎo.  ―  She has a great figure.

Synonyms

• 個／个 (chiefly refers to height)
• 個子／个子 (gèzi) (chiefly refers to height)
• 個頭／个头 (chiefly refers to height)
• 漢草／汉草 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 衣架 (yījià) (figurative)
• 衣架子 (yījiàzi) (figurative)
• 身架子 (seng¹ jia³ zeh) (Jin)
• 身段 (shēnduàn) (of a woman)
• 身胚 (Hakka)
• 體型／体型 (tǐxíng)
• 體形／体形 (tǐxíng)
• 體態／体态 (tǐtài) (including posture)

 

Derived terms

• 五短身材
• 魔鬼身材 (móguǐ shēncái)