身份 in English shen1 fen4 Meaning

Meanings

  • identity
  • aspect of one's identity (that is to say sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident and so on)
  • role
  • capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4])
  • status (social, legal and so on)
  • position
  • rank

Simplified Characters

身 份

Traditional Characters

身 份

Pinyin

shen1 fen4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

身shen1body 份fen4classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc