HSK 3 · Body

个子 gèzi “height” in Chinese

Traditional 個子

What 个子 means

  1. height
  2. stature
  3. build
  4. size (of a person or object)
  5. (agriculture) bundle of cereal stalks tied together

How to say 个子

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale个gè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

个子 in a sentence

  1. 她个子很高。

    Tā gèzi hěn gāo.

    She is tall.

    Sentence #8780264 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我个子高。

    Wǒ gèzi gāo.

    I’m tall.

    Sentence #7772132 from Tatoeba

  3. 我看见你和一个高个子男孩在一起。

    Wǒ kànjiàn nǐ hé yí ge gāo gèzi nánhái zài yìqǐ.

    I saw you with a tall boy.

    Sentence #347723 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 个子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 个 (gè) with each of its parts in a different colour
个gèindividual
  • 人person · rén
  • 丨line · gǔn

Memory aidDrawn from a single stalk of bamboo: one item. It is now the everyday measure word.

The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 个子

个 3 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

个子 (gèzi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 个子 (gèzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 个子

Words with 个

个gè · general measure word那个nàge · that one这个zhège · this one哪个nǎge · which one?个别gèbié · individual个人gèrén · individual个性gèxìng · individuality整个zhěnggè · whole个体gètǐ · individual

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: People, Body & Health

锻炼duànliàn · to exercise耳朵ěrduo · ear发烧fāshāo · have a fever感冒gǎnmào · catch cold健康jiànkāng · health脚jiǎo · foot body part口kǒu · mouth脸liǎn · face

FAQs

个子 (gèzi) means “height” or “stature”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it gèzi: gè with a 4th tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 个子 is written 個子. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gezi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 个子 from the suggestions. Typing gezi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
个子 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.