身長

See also: 身长

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (身長)		身	長
simp. (身长)		身	长

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēncháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ coeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-tn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēncháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shencháng
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-chʻang²
    • Yale: shēn-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shencharng
    • Palladius: шэньчан (šɛnʹčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: san¹ coeng⁴
    • Yale: sān chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 伸長／伸长 身長／身长

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: sin-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sind'ngg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ tŋ̍²⁴/

Noun

身長

1. (literary) height (of a person)
2. length (of a garment from shoulder to hemline)

Synonyms

• (height): 體高／体高 (tǐgāo), 身高 (shēngāo); (Hokkien) 身懸／身悬

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
身	長
しん Grade: 3	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんちょー [shìńchóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

身(しん)長(ちょう) • (shinchō) 

1. height; stature (the tallness of a person)

Synonyms

• 背丈(せたけ) (setake)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
身	長
み(の) Grade: 3	たけ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 身長 – see the following entry.

【みのたけ】 [noun] stature; height Alternative spellings 身の丈, 身丈, 身の長

(This term, 身長, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

References

1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN