I'm ashamed to be a woman.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
身为
in the capacity of
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
in the capacity of
02
as
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 身为 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 身为 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
I am proud to be a part of this project.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 身为.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 身为.
Directly before
- 我身为1
- 我以身为1
- 曾经身为1
- 自己身为1
Directly after
- 身为总统1
- 身为这个1
- 身为一个1
- 身为女性1
- 身为女人1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 身为
What does 身为 mean in Chinese?
身为 (shēnwéi) means in the capacity of.
How do you pronounce 身为?
身为 is pronounced shēnwéi.
Is 身为 an HSK word?
身为 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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