hm... says on 9/Mar/10
its mainly the northeastern chinese women who are tall, they can easily reach 5ft8. Southern china is still petite

Chris says on 17/Feb/10
Yes, dongbei you are right. Young east asian people are tall these days and have eliminated the short asian stereotype. It is common to see young east asian men taller than white american men these days. 6'0" or taller east asian american men, east asian canadian men, or chinese men, japanese men, and south korean men are very common as well as 5'7" or taller east asian women from these countries mentioned above.

Anonymous says on 16/Feb/10
in many chinese websites her height is listed as 164cm which is approx 5'4“

dongbei says on 13/Feb/10
u all joking 5'9 is not tall at all in northern china
i'm 6'4.75 and just above average among the young males, all guys under 6'1 are called shorty here

Anonymous says on 9/Feb/10
@NORA...are you even speaking English? Zhang Ziyi is all class, how could anyone say otherwise?

Paula says on 4/Feb/10
5 ft 5 inches??
come on! look at this picture and tell me what you think...
with adriana lima:
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Nora says on 27/Jan/10
Yeah that Vivi Nevo like the Chinney. She okay at 5'4 but not class. Real FERBLUNJIT that Vivi. Ikh farshtey dos nit. It's true they don't like their own men. I see them with white men only.

Kayo says on 25/Jan/10
When in Hong Kong we were at movie promo and saw Ziyi Zhang in heels at 5'8. She was with Vivi Nevo whose like 6'0

Anonymous says on 23/Dec/09
If BJ Novak is 5'8.5-5'9", then in shoes he is 5'9.5-5'10" which makes our Asian beauty almost 5'6".
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Anonymous says on 23/Dec/09
She looks it (even 5'6") next to 5'4.5 "Catelina"
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Mi says on 23/Jul/09
You have to remember that Zhang Ziyi works in the media industry. Do you know how many angle tricks, clothes tricks, makeup, photoshop touchups there are to make a person seem taller, shorter, fatter, or thinner? If you have photoshop, you will know what I mean. It's obviously that as a celebrity, she will want to look tall and gorgeous in photos/movies. Plus, bone structure, porportion, even your personal confidence level greatly affects how tall you LOOK. But in reality, you won't know how tall a person is until YOU MEASURE THEM. Plus, what difference does it make if she's 3 feet or 10 feet? She's talented and successful like Lyn said, and even if 3 feet tall, obviously better than all of us. If you don't think so, well, she's on TV and you're not. -.-

Mr. R says on 3/Apr/09
She is listed at 5-5 in the May 2001 issue of People.

Lyn says on 11/Mar/09
What difference does the height make unless one is too short (below 1.50)/ too tall (above 1.80) - I mean for a woman. Who is attractive anyway. It is the proportions which matters when judging upon phisical beauty, and most of all - the presence, charisma. It's absolutely ridiculous that so many people have endless debates on how tall Zhanz Ziyi might be - 1.64 or 1.70. What difference would it make? She is charming, feminine, attractive, talented, successful, rich. So you can simly shut up.

(For the record, I've noticed that women above 1.80 don't have a straight back even in their 20's, look either too big, or too bony, seem a bit clumsy when they walk... it's just not feminine; my personal criteria: 1.60 - 1.70 is just perfect. men, of course, are allowed to extra 15 sm.)

Diane says on 6/Mar/09
I've worked with Ziyi, she's taller than I expected to her be and I saw her with and without shoes. I couldn't state an exact height but definately taller than 5'3 and not 5'7.

C. says on 2/Nov/08
Exactly how tall is Adriana? Because I've seen anything from 175 to 178 and now I'm thinking that she's closer to 173-174. Even then I think Ziyi isn't as low as 5'2" nor is she as high as 5'7". Maybe she is closer to 5'4" which is why she gets listed both ways.

anonymous says on 16/Oct/08
in rush hour two she looks tall. She was about 2 inches shorter than jackie chan with heels. I would say she's five foot 4. SHe doesnt look tall off camera.

89 says on 1/Sep/08
rose, in this pic adriana looks shorter than 1.75... ziyi has bended her head, so she looses some cmeters, and still comes to the middle of adriana's eye... this is about 8cm. if rose put her head straight its even less the difference. so or adriana is tops 5'8'' or ziyi is less than 5'5''

Obamaisaboutnothing says on 3/Jul/08
My wife is Chinese- from Hong Kong and is 179cm (not a model), so not all Southern Chinese are short, but generally sweeter than the Chinese sisters to the North (Marry a Norther girl, prepare for battle) No offense :)
Last time I checked, Average height for American gals was 5'4"---pretty average on the world stage (those dannes!) Cheers

bb says on 14/Jun/08
I'm from northeast China originally and I'm 167cm (5'5''?). In my hometown I was just average height. A lot of girls in my hometown are over 170 and a lot of guys are over 180cm.
When I came to the U.S. I suddenly became the tall Chinese girl. It was pretty surreal.

midnight says on 27/Mar/08
my cousin is hk chinese and at 5ft9 she is considered very tall by hk standards,she hated being so tall while in high school,she was already 5-8 at the age of 12/13! which meant she towered over both her female and male school friends! lol.

C. says on 11/Mar/08
I guess I was confused as to what ??? was actually stating, b/c has China ever stated it was a country of supermodels? I'm confused. And what is this about 5'9" and beauty standards? Every country has them. You don't see me whining and I'm taller than you are. Get over it. And did anyone not say 5'9" wasn't tall? Where are you getting your information from? I don't even see how or why this has been brought up on the Zhang Ziyi page as this topic has no relevance.

Anyway, I haven't seen the picture with Tang Wei and Ziyi, but Tang is close to 5'8" so obviously Ziyi would look shorter. In the pic below, if Lima is 5'10", Ziyi is pretty much 5'5".

Rose says on 15/Feb/08
Um, here's a pic of Adriana Lima and Ziyi, both wearing flip flops. I think 165 is pretty accurate, if Adriana Lima is around 175. Or maybe she's even a bit taller? I mean, models make shorter people look diminutive, but Ziyi looks pretty normal standing her.

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Bert from CHINA says on 15/Feb/08
oh, my god...Are friends from Europe and America interested in discussing HEIGHT? I think most of you are tall enough.
I am approximately 175cm, in CHINA, average.
The number of young girls above 168cm are growing

WikiGirl says on 8/Feb/08
To Anonymous, LOL..."blonde chicky vs peking ducky" LMAO...
to yy, don't be too defensive. ??? is expressing her opinions. "chinese appreciate silent beauties" where did this stupid quote come from? it's like you've been living in the 20's not the two thousands. Everyone has rights to fall in love with every person in this world. I'm a chinese woman, and I have chinese boyfriend..I'm also very talkative,active person and would not be afraid to express my minds (and arguing LOL..)and my chinese boyfriend LOVES me that way. Be wise!
Peace out.

Anonymous says on 29/Dec/07
Hmm! I just don't like superwomen or spiderwomen because I'm absolutely not faithful.
To..."Anonymous" NOOOOOO, not bad at all. If you're a woman, you're 4' or 6'5 is never bad to me. But it's too bad to me if you're a man!!!
As I see, ??? didn't send a comment, she wrote an essay to send a message to all the women that you finally just get tired if you have beauty or height obsession. Sure! she did have experience. She quitted! Damn! I want to ask why does she prefer asian men than white men? My fair lady, you hurt me so! I wish all worst to her husband.
Girls! Girls! Girls! Men love women, women love beauty and height, so you think men love beautiful, tall women! NOOOOO! Because women are beautiful by anyway and we're always happy to kneel in front of you, that's why nowoman is too short to us. But I don't say, a man loves only one woman!
If Ziyi says she's 5'7, I'll also say she's 5'7.
Now, what am I imagining? "CAT FIGHT" - "blonde chicky vs. peking ducky" YEAH!!! Excellent. I swear, I won't see boxing or wrestling for 10 years, if I have a chance to see this fight in my b^^ room.

yy to ???? says on 24/Dec/07
1, Hongkong ppl is generously smaller than residents in most other parts of China. I really hope u can pay a visit to northwest part of China or maybe beijing, u might find ur height is very average among gals there...shame u havent had a good study over those areas and rushed to a conclusion.

2, 5'9" could be 'big' if u have big bones, not due to ur height. Actually some european woman does possess bigger skeleton than their peers, this might explain why u look 'bigger' in the street.

3, if u really win the heart of that stupid asian guy, u 'd better be less talkative. Chinese appreciate silent beauties....lol .... good luck:)

Anonymous says on 23/Dec/07
hey im a female and im 5'11.5 tall and i dont like my height.. why do people care so much bout height?? i dont think height matters if your a female its all about the curves...and i think girls 5'1-5'7 looks great and fit...than 5'8 and above...
im so tall and im always been called the giant dont u guys think it sounds bad haha

C. says on 9/Dec/07
@ ??? : Your point is...?

Zhang Ziyi is nowhere close to 170cm. She looks this stated height. However, Michelle Yeoh looks shorter than the 5'4" on this site. More like 5'3". And although the average height in East Asia (and Asia for that matter) may be shorter on average than US and European averages, the younger population is significantly taller than the older generation. Many Asian celebs (in their home countries, not abroad) are just as tall as their Western counterparts.

And exchange students here...well, let's just say they're not the 5'2" the some seem to think. The girls especially are most often just as tall (sometimes taller) than the guys, which is more or less the same 'phenomenon' found in the population I occupy on campus, although there's still plenty of tall guys around.

??? says on 3/Dec/07
And I'm a 5'9 German girl. I'm everywhere in my country "absolutely tall" and "quite tall" in Netherland...I'm speechless about chinese women's average height (a country of supermodels). My eyes are tired...I go sleeping.

YY says on 13/Nov/07
JC, i am wondering which part of China u have been to, plus when and how many times u have done so. I myself is 5'9" without(female) and find myself nowhere being TALL in my city. So pls pls pls open up ur eyes and mind before opening ur mouth.

By the way, have u ever seen zhang ziyi in real person?? If not, how can u come to a conclusion with so much certitude?? I saw her in real person, she might reach 5'5" with high heels....lol...

JC says on 11/Nov/07
"TangWei Is not very tall based on China standard.." YY are you dreaming or what? I've been to China and Chinese people are not that tall. I'm 5'8, and most of the girls there were not as near as 5'5,there might be some taller girls but it was only 1-2% from the population, so please...there are no such thing as "china standard" for heights....Ziyi is 5'5 straight.

yy says on 16/Oct/07
zhang ziyi is famously short in china, which is about 162. Any she posted with the newly famed actress tangwei (lust, caustion)face to face on the same stage. In the photo she is quite petite, tangwei is not v tall(172cm) based on china standard,but still a gigantic in front of zhang ziyi.here are two links:
Click Here

Click Here

it would be funny if sb. guess she is 170 or she herself claims so.....

myspace celebrity says on 6/Oct/07
5'5 sounds right if michelle yeoh is 5'3.5

Sef says on 19/Sep/07
@shiko & i'm what i am

What a coincident i live in Assen.
But anyways it's true that northern dutch poeples are a bit taller compared with the southern. But in the end dutch poeples have a average of 183cm wich is tallest average in the world, thus makes us holland the tallest.

As for me i'm 179cm, i'm considered short in holland but i don't feel like i'm very short maybe becaus there are a lot more poeples in holland that are smaller than me.
I can't complain about my height becuz i come from hong kong and 179cm is considered tall in HK^^!

French guy says on 9/Sep/07
Oh man, your statistics are wrong !
nowadays, Average height of men is 176 cm and 163 cm for girls...

Gloria says on 3/Sep/07
I am originally from China and saw Zhang Ziyi once. She is somewhere between 1.62 to 1.64. She's definitely no taller than 1.64m (she looks 1.63m to me).

shiko says on 18/Aug/07
yes thrue but thats because assen lays in the northern of the netherlands the average for young men is 6'2-6'3their you should go to maastricht in the south the average wouldbe 6'0 there

I'm what I am says on 21/Jul/07
Sorry Daisy! It's not mine, it's from some magazines. I'm now being in Netherlands for 3 months; at this time I'm in Assen. NL seems to be the unique country make me feel that I'm an usual. Most of Dutch men, I've met here, are 6'2 or 6'3 and there're still some people, who are towers over me "a head" ; I'm 6'4; 6'5 when I stand straight. I went to Germany, somewhere in Saxon, and Paris; most of German men are about 5'10 - 6'1; but Paris girls seem to very tiny to me, about 5'1 or 5'2. I was once in VN in 1995, not only in Hanoi or Saigon, also in Quy Nhon, Lao Cai, Sapa, Kon Tum, Dac Lac...I specially like the clothest of ethic minorities so I went there; at these places I was really confused to recognize who are children, who are adults...Vietnam was "The Shire" for me.
The statistic below is not exactly, but it seem to be right;every area statistic doesn't only say about big cities and the people were born in 1970, 1980, 1990; there are still the '40s, '50s, '60s people, the highlands and the other ...you may be right, the Hanoi girls are not much shorter than the Paris's.

Daisy says on 20/Jul/07
It's stupid! Height for men and women in Vietnam is 5'5" and 5'1" respectively! It's also wrong in the situation of France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, at least what I know.

I'm what I am says on 18/Jul/07
Country Male Female
Feet Cm Inches Cm
Australia 5' 10" 178 5' 4.6" 164
China 5' 6" 168 5' 2" 157
France 5' 7.7" 171.9 5' 3.1" 160.4
Germany 5' 8.2" 173 5' 3.7" 162
Italy 5' 8.0" 172.8 5' 3.4" 161
Japan 5' 6" 168 5' 1" 155
Netherlands6' 1" 185 5' 8" 172
Sri Lanka 5' 4.5" 163.9 5' 0.0" 152.3
Sweden 5' 8.5" 174 5' 4.6" 164
United Kingdom5' 10" 178 5' 4" 163
United States 5' 9.3" 176 5' 4.1" 162.7
Vietnam 5' 3" 160 4' 10" 147
Ok now!? The statistic above is trustable! Dwarves, Monsters, Hobbits, Giants are all beautiful; My definition! I can't imagine, if I live in a world and all the people are the same...(even just "height"), it's so boring! Horrible! This website is wonderful; I can get relaxing and see the variety of the world, although it's just about height!

wangyue says on 18/Jul/07
I am one of the girls in southern China. Zhang Ziyi is my favorite star. It seems to me that she is very charismatic. 165 cm tall girls in China is very standard. The traditional Chinese aesthetics with Western countries is a huge difference. If you have questions regarding Zhang Ziyi, or to further understanding of my motherland. You can always send an email to me, I am willing to help you answer.
My email address is Click Here @ 126.com

ice says on 11/Jul/07
mandy: First off, I know how to spell unattractive, I just type too fast for my own good. Also, my field is heavily based on gathering and analyzing statistics, so you need to quit with your assumptions. As for the subject of the people in China's height, I could give less than a d*** whether they're 2ft or 7ft. I'm not Chinese, so it does not affect me.

mandy says on 10/Jul/07
and... not like you would know the difference, but i said "hardly ever" accurate, not "never" accurate.

but why am i wasting my time talking to someone who doesn't know how to spell unattractive and doesn't know a thing about the impossibility of obtaining accurate statistics....

ice says on 10/Jul/07
Chrissie: Okay, first off I wasn't talking to you, nor did I say she was unnatractive. So, get your facts straight. This is who I was talking to:

Anonymous says on 21/Mar/06
Zhang is min 170cm, may be between 170cm-173cm.

amanda: How can you go around talking about how statistics are never accurate? The reason everyone relies on statistics so much is because they ARE accurate. If you've never been to a place, refuse to use statistics, and won't even consider other options, you have nothing. All hot air.

amanda says on 4/Jul/07
again, ice, "mini gong li" DOES NOT LITERALLY TRANSLATE into being "the mini version of gong li". "mini gong li" would translate into "gong li junior".

i think she's definitely above 5'5, but what do I know? I've never met her in person.

and why is everyone saying "in this part of the world the average height is blahblahblah"? If you went ever took a statistics course you'd know that statistics are hardly ever accurate, AND you should realise that you don't really know what you're talking about UNLESS you've actually BEEN to the places where these stats are from.

pff

Mario says on 12/Jun/07
You mean Vivi Nevo? That's her boyfriend, but not for long I guess.

5'11.5 guy says on 11/Jun/07
Not sure about southern Chinese, but I meet young students from the north/Beijing on a fairly regular basis and they are tall. At least as tall as northern Europeans.

On the other hand, they seem to have more height in their heads and less in the body. Which is weird.

Jasmine says on 24/May/07
I think she is shorter because in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon or House Of Flying Daggers commmentary or making of in Chinese she says "This is good for other females to see such a tiny, small girl like me do.." etc something like that.

Mario says on 21/May/07
I couldn't say how much percent, but in my eyes it was as common as in Spain or in Italy. I'm 5 ft 11.

Isn't the avarage height for females in china 162cm?

Leung says on 20/May/07
Mario, I have been to HK on numerous occasions and my observation is that less than 5% of girls in Hong Kong are 170cm and over, that’s not what I would consider common.

I live in Sydney where there are many HongKongers, and most of them are really small compared to Caucasians. My parents are from Hong Kong so I’m not being negative against Chinese.
I am 5’11.5” which is not tall, but whenever I am with relatives I feel like a giant.

Mario says on 17/May/07
I was last summer in Hong Kong and in my eyes the average girl there does look about the same height as the average girl in Spain (163cm or so). Girls in the 170cm range are also pretty common. The males are short thought.

ice says on 17/Apr/07
Amanda, if you read my full post, you will see that I said she was shorter, younger, and smaller than Gong Li, which is why people refer to her as mini. Also, asian women are not 5'5 average. In Japan the average height of women age 20 (done growing, haven't started shrinking yet) is 5'2. In Taiwan, the average for women age 17 is 5'2.75". In South Korea, women age 17, the average is 5'3.5". In China, the average of adult women is 5'2.5" Now, I understand there is some disparity between the north and south in China. So, it is possible that the women from the north may very well be 5'5". But, as a whole that is not the case. Also, if she is 5'7, then Gong Li is at least 5'9. Gong li doesn't claim this, she says 5'7. Ziyi is at least 2 inches shorter, and the fact that most of the asian fan sites give her 164cm (5'4.5) I can believe it.

amanda says on 14/Apr/07
Sute, if I can just add to your comment: it's true. Lots of people think Asians are short... but it's not true. I hardly see white girls taller than me. I'm 171cm.

Anyway, I've been seeing taller and taller Asian girls around... they used to be around 160 on average.... now I think they might average at 165. I also did this runway show with Chinese models (from China), and yes I know I'm short for runway, but anyway they were all at least 5'9. Chinese women are not short, especially not the ones from the North...

Okay. long post done :P

amanda says on 14/Apr/07
lol ice, when chinese people say "mini gong li" it doesn't translate literally into "shorter". just thought i'd let you know...

amanda says on 14/Apr/07
my photographer friend says she's 5'7, and mentioned she looks taller in person than she does on pictures/in movies.

Mario says on 25/Mar/07
Of course we take the heels in mind, but that’s just a crazy estimate! If she’s only 5 ft 2 to 5 ft 3, A big guy like Chow Yun Fat would be in the 5-9 to 5-10 range, and guess what Johnny Depp then would be…! Gong Li 5-4 5-5…Tony leung +/- same as gong Li….

All those heights are related and the fact that Zhang Ziyi has a considerable advantage over a couple 160cm+ actresses, pretty much discard those low guesses.

Johnny says on 25/Mar/07
I think she is about 5 ft 2 or 5 ft 3. I noticed that she is wearing at least 4 inch heal in public, that makes her looks taller than her actually height. Look at this link: Click Here

mysterygirl says on 12/Mar/07
if ziyi is taller than 5'3 than monica bellucci is taller than 168 which i don't think is true.look at the cannes photos any you will see how tiny is ziyi,for me 5'3max.

Mario says on 1/Mar/07
No, I tottaly disagree with that Tony. I can understand the 5 ft 4 estimates, but 5 ft 2 is really to low. Just look at what she looks next Chow Yun Fat 183-184cm, Takeshi Kaneshiro 178cm, Michelle yeoh 161-162cm or Zhou Xun 160-161cm and tell me she's 157cm.

tony says on 12/Feb/07
there is no way she's 5'5 compare to (click here photo) adriana lima 5'10 there should be such height difference between then is she was 5'5 I think she's between 5'2 and below

Mario says on 24/Jan/07
Chris, it's more than obvious that Zhang Ziyi as at least 3 to 5 cm advantage over Yeoh, then again we can't negate the height she looks next to other stars.

Chris says on 17/Jan/07
this is absurd zhang ziyi is definitely shorter than 5'3
zhang ziyi is about the same height as yeoh in crouching tiger when they were fighting without heals
yeoh is listed 5'3 and is shorter b/c she is older and all the injuries

Jazzy says on 28/Dec/06
she says in house of flying daggers commentary that she is 'such a tiny girl!!'

Hmmm says on 7/Nov/06
To Chris:
Yeh, true, China is enormous.
To Naomi24:
Yeh, true, northern Chinese people are pretty tall. At my uni, there are heaps of international students from China. Those international students from Northern China are much taller than those from the Southern China. Most girls from Northern China are at least 5'5, some are even 5'9 or more.

Chris says on 24/Sep/06
@Naomi24 and Sute:
China is enormous, it's understandable there are wide differences in height between different regions...in China they speak around 52 languages; unlike any other country I know.

Mario says on 24/Sep/06
To me she never looks tiny. She's is easy 165 cm if the heights of Gong Li, Maggie cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung are correct on this site. I believe they are.

Naomi24 says on 23/Sep/06
To Sute:
People in northern China are on average 3-4 inches taller than southern Chinese. Also, people are getting taller because of better nutrition.

ken says on 8/Sep/06
im a half/asian hereby.. saw him in real.. looks no more than 163cm tall.. believe or not is true..

Sute says on 1/Aug/06
Most people will think that people in Asia are shorter than white people. But I think it's hard to say, if you go to some places in northern China,e.g. Beijing, you will find there is still some very tall people. most of my friends are more than 180cm tall. The situation is like this, in China, if a person can be tall, he is very very tall, if a person can be short, he is very very short.The height of people in China range too wide.

Mario says on 4/Jun/06
I have seen recently a lot of movies of Zhang Ziyi, and if the heights of Andy Lau, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh etc.. on this site are right, she is easy 165-166 cm. She really is far of being petite, especially for an Chinese girl.

Jason says on 1/Jun/06
5'4 1/2'' would be my guess.

Serene says on 1/Jun/06
She looks very petite.. very petite.

People keep saying she is only 5'4" only

johnny5 says on 29/May/06
Helena Bonham Carter is 5ft Ziyi Zhang is about 2to3inch taller so 5ft3 look bangon

ice says on 23/May/06
Actually, 5'3 from 5'10 would be seven inches. I think that's downgrading too much.I looking at that, I say her most accurate height would be the 164cm all of the asian site give her. maybe 163, but 164 looks more like it.

dmeyer says on 19/May/06
that seems right since she didnt look that far of belucci height at canne festival

Jason says on 5/May/06
She looks 164cm to me. The rest is just typical exaggeration.

Serene says on 4/May/06
YOu know something, there is an interview in my local newspaper saying that ZiYi is only 5'4"...so what do you think?? is she that 'short'? or not?

Anonymous says on 21/Apr/06
Bella, 166cm may be quite tall for an Asian girl in general. But in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, 166cm isn't considered tall. Most Chinese actresses these days are in the 165cm-173cm range. But that's probably because many Chinese actresses these days were beauty pageant contestants.

sing says on 17/Apr/06
anonymous that wasn't jackie chan that was jet li you doofus...anyhow, jet li is about 5-5, ziyi could be wearing heels, so i'll give her 5-4.
5 feet even for michelle yeoh.

ice says on 17/Apr/06
anonymous, you can't just ignore the rest of the thread. After they said that 172cm, many mnay people started saying 164cm. She is the same height as penelope cruz on her pic with her. 164cm.

Anonymous says on 17/Apr/06
see the first post in the discussion in the following url, she is 172. She is taller than Jackie chan
Click Here

bella says on 12/Apr/06
166 is quite tall for an Asian girl. I think in the pics I have seen she looks more like 162-163 (5'3) I would say her proportions, which are very well balanced, make her look taller. This proves that it's all about proportions!

ice says on 12/Apr/06
In memoirs it didn't appear to be much between yeoh and zhang. At most an inch. The big height difference was gong li and everyone else. My opinion, ziyi is 164cm, and yeoh is 161-162, maybe her 163 was her youth. She is in her forties, and a lot of asains lose great height as they age.

BDawg says on 10/Apr/06
Every chinese website I've ever seen, without exception, lists her as 164 cm, which is 5 ft 4 and 1/2.

[Editor Rob: and every chinese website lists michell yeoh at 163cm, but there's a noticeable difference between them more than 1cm. Yeoh has claimed 5ft 4, I think she rounds up...]

Anonymous says on 22/Mar/06
We fitted the gown she wore on the Oscars. She is 5'4".
Very pretty, beautiful body, very little English spoken.

ice says on 21/Mar/06
Anonymous, say that with a straight face please. LOL

Anonymous says on 21/Mar/06
Zhang is min 170cm, may be between 170cm-173cm.

Serene says on 11/Feb/06
Eikk..she is growing? Can't be.

Ziyi is about half inches taller than Michell and few inches shorter than Gong Li.

ice says on 24/Jan/06
she was no where near close to gong li's height in memoirs of a geisha. Rob,I think you need to see that movie for yourself (if you haven't already)

Anonymous says on 21/Jan/06
rob,our arguement is on 4 cm.you insist that she is 166 cm but why? she looks 170 cm for me next to michelle yeoh every time they stand together.dont you think she is 170 cm?

[Editor Rob: no, I can't see 4 inches. What I can see is Yeoh possibly being a little under 5ft 4. In all ziyi pics just a little over 5ft 5 is what she appears in most...sometimes she may look taller, but that hairstyle is slightly deceptive.]

Anonymous says on 21/Jan/06
editor rob,please be honest,dont you think that zhang ziyi is 4 inches taller than michelle yeoh?? http://www.helloziyi.us/Galleries/new/memoirs-tokyo-premiere-zhang-ziyi-hq-19.htm http://www.helloziyi.us/Galleries/new/memoirs-nyc-premiere1.htm
please upgrade her to 5'7 because you know she is that tall

[Editor Rob: I think her hairstyle can add an extra inch. 5ft 5.5 might be closer but you've seen her next to Jake Gyllenhaal recently and in the past chan/jet li. Never underestimate heel differences+posture and Yeoh being a little under 5ft 4 and Ziyi a little over 5ft 5...]

Serene says on 16/Jan/06
Michelle Yeoh is 5'4" right? So .. what Rob comment about Zi Yi's height is estimation.. only..

[Editor Rob: I am close to giving back 1cm to ziyi, she can look taller...]

ice says on 16/Dec/05
Alicia Keys is only 5'6, so that would make ziyi 5'5

Anonymous says on 13/Nov/05
Zhou Xun is 161 cm and on those heels she is about 168 cm.Zhang is without heels and still taller. http://www.helloziyi.us/Galleries/ye-yan-oct29press1.htm Zhang is 170 cm tall

Anonymous says on 19/Oct/05
Zhang is taller than Jet and we can clearly see the height difference between them.She is atleast 170 cm http://www.ziyifilms.com/zboard/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=1353&perpage=15&highlight=taller&pagenumber=2

Tybor says on 17/Oct/05
Just saw the latest issue of interview magazine and on the cover they have Zhang and Anne Hathaway wearing identical outfits and shoes. The height difference looks no more than an inch taking into consideration the fact that hathaway seems to have better posture. If Hathaways is 5'8 then Zhang is no less than 5'7.

[Editor Rob: Is this picture?...yeah man, only thing I'd say is hathaway is on the furthest plane. Jovi/Pucci/zhang are near enough on the same plane...at first I actually thought it might have been a composite. Anyway if anything I'd compare zhang against jovi]

Anonymous says on 24/Sep/05
you said that she is only 1 inch shorter than emmy rossum (whoever that one is) at this picture http://tinyurl.com/9jfm5? no, i think it's 2 or 2.5 inches shorter. so, she is about 5'4.5". and 5'4.5" = 164cm, which is her correct height.
ok, all actors and actresses inflated their height.

ice says on 20/Sep/05
A lot of people refer to her as the mini Gong Li. She's shorter, and smaller, and younger. But, they have a similar look. So, she's shorter than Gong for sure.

heightgirl says on 15/Sep/05
I think she's taller than people give her credit. Here she is next to 5'7 Emmy Rossum, and it looks like there's only a one inch difference:
http://tinyurl.com/9jfm5

Sing says on 17/May/05
Zhang Ziyi is about 5'4" without shoes.

Cho says on 7/May/05
I walked right past her a few months ago when I was on business in China and she is no more than a little over 5'5" I really don't see why so many people think she's gorgeous. She's cute at best. Then again, I do work for a modeling agency and my standards are high.

Anonymous says on 7/May/05
she barely 3 inches shorter than Quentin Tarantino and she had a picture with
Jackie Chan on rush hour 2 premiere and she was taller than him. she is atleast 170

[Editor Rob: at best I can give Ziyi 5ft 5.5, which may be her most accurate height but 170cm is too big in my view ;) A 170cm standing in heels beside Jet Li would look far bigger than Ziyi does when she stands next to him...]

Anonymous says on 29/Apr/05
She said on her words that she is 170