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身上

shēn shang · shen shang

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

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Meaning

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  1. on the body
  2. at hand
  3. among
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No small change

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你(nǐ)身上(shēnshang)有(yǒu)零钱(língqián)吗(ma)？

    Liangliang, do you have any small change on you?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)找找(zhǎozhǎo)，身上(shēnshang)只(zhǐ)有(yǒu)手机(shǒujī)。

    Let me look. I only have my phone on me.

  3. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)坐(zuò)公交(gōngjiāo)怎么(zěnme)付钱(fùqián)？

    Then how do you pay on the bus?

  4. Liangliang

    用(yòng)手机(shǒujī)呀(ya)，不用(bùyòng)现金(xiànjīn)。

    With the phone, no cash needed.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)的(de)手机(shǒujī)没电(méidiàn)了(le)，身上(shēnshang)也(yě)没(méi)零钱(língqián)。

    My phone is out of power and I have no change on me either.

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)只好(zhǐhǎo)走路(zǒulù)回家(huíjiā)了(le)。

    Then we have no choice but to walk home.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)怀(huái)疑(yí)有(yǒu)什(shén)么(me)事(shì)在(zài)他(tā)身(shēn)上(shang)发(fā)生(shēng)了(le)。

I wonder if anything happened to him.

Tatoeba: Chinese by mirrorvan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)出(chū)门(mén)时(shí)身(shēn)上(shang)只(zhǐ)带(dài)了(le)二(èr)十(shí)块(kuài)钱(qián)。

When he went out, he only had twenty yuan on him.

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身
shēn

body; life

上
shàng

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts)

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