shēn tǐ zhì liàng zhǐ shùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
body mass index (BMI)
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Original source entry:

身體質量指數 身体质量指数 [shen1 ti3 zhi4 liang4 zhi3 shu4] /body mass index (BMI)/

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Other forms in these source records: 身體質量指數

  • 身
    shēn

    body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158

  • 体
    tī

    used in 體己|体己[tī ji] / Taiwan pr. [tǐ]

    tǐ

    body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)

  • 质
    zhì

    character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhí]

  • 量
    liáng

    to measure

    liàng

    capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liàng cí], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word

  • 指
    zhǐ

    finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end

  • 数
    shǔ

    to count / to count as / to regard as / to enumerate / to list

    shù

    number / figure / several / a few

    shuò

    (literary) frequently / repeatedly

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