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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēncháng

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēncháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄔㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shencháng
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹-chʻang²
  - Yale: shēn-cháng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shencharng
  - Palladius: шэньчан (šɛnʹčan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    伸長 / 伸长
    深長 / 深长
    身長 / 身长
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

(literary) height (of a person)
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)

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

^ 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