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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN