身體 (san1 tai2 | shen1 ti3) : the body

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身體

san1 tai2

shen1 ti3

the body (and by extension, "health")

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 8,740,000

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

身體 / 身体

This word has been viewed 5351 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

身 san1 - body; life; oneself
體 tai2 - shape, form; essence

8 compounds containing this word:

身體健康 - 'wishing you good health!' (festive greeting)
環節身體 - ringed body
身體素質 - physique; physical constitution
身體部份 - body part
唔賭唔知時運高，唔嫖唔知身體好 - do not gamble then you don't know how lucky you are, do not go whorring then you don't know your heath is good
身體噴霧 - body spray
身體力行 - practise what one preaches；set an example by personally taking part; earnestly practise what one advocates
Common Formations:
身體語言 - body language

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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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