體 (tai2 | ti3) : shape, form; essence

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體

tai2

ti3

[1] [n] body [2] [n] shape; form [3] [n] entity; unit [4] [n] style; fashion; system [5] substance; essence [6] theory (as opposed to practice)

Stroke count: 23

Level: 4

Radical: (#188)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

體 / 体

This word has been viewed 20579 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 14:58

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體育 tai2 juk6 ti3 yu4 = physical education; sports

群體 kwan4 tai2 qun2 ti3 = group

個體 go3 tai2 ge4 ti3 = an individual

實體 sat6 tai2 shi2 ti3 = substance; entity

簡體字 gaan2 tai2 zi6 jian3 ti3 zi4 = simplified Chinese characters

繁體字 faan4 tai2 zi6 fan2 ti3 zi4 = traditional Chinese characters

身體 san1 tai2 shen1 ti3 = the body

體育場 tai2 juk6 coeng4 ti3 yu4 chang3 = stadium

身體健康 san1 tai2 gin6 hong1 shen1 ti3 jian4 kang1 = 'wishing you good health!' (festive greeting)

字體 zi6 tai2 zi4 ti3 = font; typeface
See all 265 compounds (CantoDict reports 317 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 體

個差人喺車尾廂搵到個屍體粵
The policeman found the body in the car's trunk.
[Lit. [counter] policeman at car-trunk find-arrive [counter] dead-body In this example, 喺車尾廂 cannot go at the end of the sentence. (Why?)]

我的身體沒問題。國
There are no problems with my health.

豈但年青人愛好運動，就連上了年紀的人也積極鍛煉身體。
Not only are the young keen in sports, even the elderly are enthusiastic about physical training.

早睡早起身體好。
It is good for our body's health to sleep and get up early.

佢琴晚冇閂窗，一醒發覺身體有四粒蚊𧕴粵
He didn't shut the window yesterday. When he woke up found that he had four mosquito bites.

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Decimal representation of this word: 體
Unicode code for this character: U+9AD4 (off-site link)

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