HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Body

身高 shēngāo “(a person’s) height” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 身高 means

  1. (a person’s) height

How to say 身高

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale身shēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale高gāo1st tone, high and level

身高 in a sentence

  1. 老师按照身高给孩子们排队。

    Lǎoshī ànzhào shēngāo gěi háizimen páiduì.

    The teacher lined the children up by height.

    Sentence #1424137 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 选手们的平均身高是多少？

    Xuǎnshǒumen de píngjūn shēngāo shì duōshǎo?

    What’s the players’ average height?

    Sentence #2394625 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我的身高比你高。

    Wǒ de shēngāo bǐ nǐ gāo.

    I’m taller than you.

    Sentence #13180270 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 身高 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 身 (shēn) drawn as one shape
身shēnbody

身 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a person with a large belly: the body.

The character 高 (gāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
高gāohigh
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 冋desert · jiōng

Memory aidDrawn from a tall tower: high, tall.

How to write 身高

身 7 strokes · 高 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 身高

Words with 身

身体shēntǐ · body身边shēnbiān · at one’s side身份shēnfèn · identity身材shēncái · stature健身jiànshēn · to work out随身suíshēn · to carry with you出身chūshēn · family background终身zhōngshēn · lifelong浑身húnshēn · all over (the body)动身dòngshēn · to set out

Words with 高

高兴gāoxìng · happy高gāo · tall高中gāozhōng · senior high school提高tígāo · to raise高铁gāotiě · high-speed rail高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway高级gāojí · high level高档gāodàng · superior quality崇高chónggāo · lofty高超gāochāo · superb

More words: People, Body & Health

嘴zuǐ · mouth病人bìngrén · patient牙yá · tooth住院zhùyuàn · to be in hospital出院chūyuàn · to leave hospital爱情àiqíng · romance儿童értóng · child房东fángdōng · landlord

FAQs

身高 (shēngāo) means “(a person’s) height”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it shēngāo: shēn with a 1st tone, then gāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 身高 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shengao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 身高 from the suggestions. Typing shengao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
身高 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.