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): ㄕㄣㄘㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ coi⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂n-chhòi

(Meixian, Guangdong): sen¹ coi²
Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng-*còi / sĭng-*cài
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-châi
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sen-ze

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēncái
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄘㄞˊ
  - 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂n-chhòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: siin^ˊ coi^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin¹ coi²
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn²⁴ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sen¹ coi²
  - Sinological IPA: /sən⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰoɪ¹¹/
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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹sen-ze
  - MiniDict: sen^平 ze
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sen-ze
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sən⁵⁵ ze²¹/

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ĕn/	/d͡zʱɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	cái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san¹	coi⁴

Noun

身材

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)
形體 / 形体 (xíngtǐ)
漢草 / 汉草 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
衣架 (yījià) (figurative)
衣架子 (yījiàzi) (figurative)
袤 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
身架子 (seng¹ jia³ zeh) (Jin)
身段 (shēnduàn) (of a woman)
身胚 (Hakka)
身裝 / 身装 (Hakka)
骨塊 / 骨块 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
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)