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身份

shēn fèn · shen fen

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 4Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. identity
  2. aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc)
  3. role
  4. capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份 (yǐ xx de shēn fèn))
  5. status (social, legal etc)
  6. position
  7. rank
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In a conversation

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Ten years ago

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)办(bàn)健身卡(jiànshēnkǎ)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Did you get a gym card?

  2. Dengdeng

    办(bàn)了(le)，他们(tāmen)要(yào)看(kàn)身份(shēnfèn)证(zhèng)。

    Yes, they wanted to see my ID card.

  3. Liangliang

    你的(nǐde)身份证(shēnfènzhèng)照片(zhàopiàn)怎么样(zěnmeyàng)？

    How is your ID card photo?

  4. Dengdeng

    前台(qiántái)看了看(kànlekàn)我(wǒ)，又(yòu)看了看(kànlekàn)照片(zhàopiàn)。

    The front desk looked at me, then at the photo.

  5. Liangliang

    他们(tāmen)说(shuō)什么(shénme)？

    What did they say?

  6. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)说(shuō)，身份(shēnfèn)没(méi)问题(wèntí)，只是(zhǐshì)照片(zhàopiàn)太(tài)老(lǎo)了(le)！

    I said, the identity is fine, the photo is just too old!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

学(xué)生(sheng)不(bù)该(gāi)忽(hū)略(lüè)自(zì)己(jǐ)的(de)身(shēn)份(fèn)。

A student should not lose sight of his own identity.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Elin · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)为(wèi)了(le)掩(yǎn)饰(shì)自(zì)己(jǐ)公(gōng)主(zhǔ)的(de)身(shēn)份(fèn)，女(nǚ)扮(bàn)男(nán)装(zhuāng)，逃(táo)出(chū)了(le)皇(huáng)宫(gōng)。

To hide the fact that she's a princess, she disguised herself as a boy and escaped the palace.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by Scott · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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