HSK 5 · Verbs

随身 suíshēn “to carry with you” in Chinese

Traditional 隨身

What 随身 means

  1. to carry with you
  2. on one’s person
  3. to (carry) on one’s person
  4. to (take) with one

How to say 随身

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale随suí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale身shēn1st tone, high and level

随身 in a sentence

  1. 你今天最好随身带把伞。

    Nǐ jīntiān zuìhǎo suíshēn dài bǎ sǎn.

    You’d better take an umbrella with you today.

    Sentence #801569 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 随身 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 随 (suí) with each of its parts in a different colour
随suíto follow
  • 阝place
  • 迶to walk · yòu
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.

How to write 随身

随 11 strokes · 身 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 随身

Words with 随

随便suíbiàn · as one wishes随着suízhe · along with随时suíshí · at any time随手suíshǒu · as you go随即suíjí · immediately伴随bànsuí · to accompany跟随gēnsuí · to follow随意suíyì · as one likes

Words with 身

身体shēntǐ · body身边shēnbiān · at one’s side身高shēngāo · (a person’s) height身份shēnfèn · identity身材shēncái · stature健身jiànshēn · to work out出身chūshēn · family background终身zhōngshēn · lifelong浑身húnshēn · all over (the body)动身dòngshēn · to set out

More words: Common Verbs

签qiān · to sign (one’s name)伤害shānghài · to hurt湿润shīrùn · moist摔倒shuāidǎo · to fall over调整tiáozhěng · to adjust冻dòng · to freeze逗dòu · to tease度过dùguò · to pass

FAQs

随身 (suíshēn) means “to carry with you” or “on one’s person”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it suíshēn: suí with a 2nd tone, then shēn with a 1st 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, 随身 is written 隨身. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type suishen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 随身 from the suggestions. Typing suishen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
随身 is an HSK 5 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.