shēn gāo
hauteur
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我的身高是一米七五。
wǒ de shēng gāo shì yī mǐ qī wǔ.
My height is one meter and seventy-five centimeters.
他比我高，他的身高有一米八。
tā bǐ wǒ gāo, tā de shēng gāo yǒu yī mǐ bā.
He is taller than me, his height is one meter and eighty centimeters.
她很矮，她的身高只有一米五。
tā hěn ǎi, tā de shēng gāo zhǐ yǒu yī mǐ wǔ.
She is very short, her height is only one meter and fifty centimeters.
身高 (shēngāo)
height
身长 (shēncháng)
height
矮 (ǎi)
short
低 (dī)
low
The Chinese word 身高 (shēngāo) for "height" is composed of two characters: 身 (shēn) and 高 (gāo). The character 身 originally meant "body" or "person", and it is still used in this sense today. The character 高 originally meant "tall" or "high", and it is also still used in this sense today. When these two characters are combined, they form the word 身高, which literally means "body height" or "height of a person". This word is used to refer to the vertical measurement of a person from the top of their head to the bottom of their feet.
