体 (tǐ): body, form, style, system, substance, to experience
体 (tǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “body.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (structural) and 本 (structural). It ranks #149 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- body
- form
- style
- system
- substance
- to experience
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 体
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 身体noun | shēn tǐ | the body | 2 |
| 媒体noun | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media | 5 |
| 具体adjective/verb | jù tǐ | concrete | 5 |
| 体验verb | tǐ yàn | to experience for oneself | 5 |
| 体育noun | tǐ yù | sports | 3 |
| 全体noun | quán tǐ | all | 5 |
| 团体noun | tuán tǐ | group | 6 |
| 体会verb/noun | tǐ huì | to know from experience | 5 |
| 人体noun | rén tǐ | human body | 5 |
| 体重noun | tǐ zhòng | body weight | 4 |
| 体力noun | tǐ lì | physical strength | 5 |
| 气体noun | qì tǐ | gas (i.e. gaseous substance) | 6 |
| 物体noun | wù tǐ | object | 6 |
| 集体noun | jí tǐ | collective (decision) | 5 |
| 液体noun | yè tǐ | liquid | 6 |
| 体温noun | tǐ wēn | (body) temperature | 4 |
| 体育馆noun | tǐ yù guǎn | gym | 3 |
| 体现verb | tǐ xiàn | to embody | 5 |
| 整体noun | zhěng tǐ | whole entity | 5 |
| 体系noun | tǐ xì | system | 6 |
| 体操 | tǐ cāo | gymnastic | 6 |
| 群体noun | qún tǐ | community | 5 |
| 体检verb | tǐ jiǎn | abbr. for 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2] | 4 |
| 个体noun | gè tǐ | individual | 6 |
| 总体noun | zǒng tǐ | completely | 5 |
| 体积noun | tǐ jī | volume | 6 |
| 固体noun | gù tǐ | solid | 6 |
| 多媒体noun | duō méi tǐ | multimedia | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 裸体 | luǒ tǐ | naked |
| 肉体 | ròu tǐ | physical body |
| 躯体 | qū tǐ | (human) body |
| 得体 | dé tǐ | appropriate to the occasion |
| 晶体 | jīng tǐ | crystal |
体 appears in 100 compound words: 12 as the first character, 88 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 体 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (31)
Showing 12 of 31 idioms containing 体.
Example Sentences
这个问题太复杂了,我们需要更多时间来研究它。
Zhè gè wèntí tài fùzá le, wǒmen xūyào gèng duō shíjiān lái yánjiū tā.
This problem is too complex; we need more time to study it.
...夜,黄金、白银、原油齐涨,美股三大指数集体上涨丨..
. . . yè , huáng jīn bái yín yuán yóu qí zhǎng , měi gǔ sān dà zhǐ shǔ jí tī shǎng zhǎng 丨 . .
... The night, gold, silver, crude oil rose, the three major U.S. stock indexes rose collectively 丨.....
春节不忘训练!侯友宜化身“一日骑警”,体验马术训练..
chūn jié bù wàng xùn liàn ! 侯 yǒu yí huā shēn yī rì qí jǐng , tī yàn mǎ shù xùn liàn . .
Spring Festival Training! HOU Youyi becomes a "one-day mounted police officer", experiencing equestrian training...
东西问丨全球政要马年“集体说马” 背后藏着三重文化..
dōng xī wèn 丨 quán qiú zhèng yāo mǎ nián jí tī shuō mǎ bēi hòu zàng zhe sān chóng wén huā . .
The world's top politicians are talking about horses in the Year of the Horse, a trio of cultural...
菲律宾海警在南海投放不明物体被抓现行,监控画面公布
菲 lǜ bīn hǎi jǐng zài nán hǎi tóu fàng bù míng wù tī bèi zhuā xiàn háng , jiān kòng huà miàn gōng bù
Philippine Maritime Police caught dropping unidentified objects in the South China Sea, surveillance footage released
新华视点|福建:实体书店变身“文化会客厅” 全民阅..
xīn huá shì diǎn fú jiàn shí tī shū diàn biàn shēn wén huā huì kè tīng quán mín yuè . .
Xinhua Insight | Fujian: Physical Bookstores Transform into "Cultural Living Rooms," Promoting Reading Among All Citizens
你身体一直非常好,怎么突然间住医院了?
Nǐ shēntǐ yīzhí fēicháng hǎo, zěnme tūránjiān zhù yīyuàn le?
Your body was always very healthy; why are you suddenly in the hospital?
可以说说您的具体要求吗?
Kěyǐ shuōshuo nín de jùtǐ yāoqiú ma?
Could you tell me what your specific requirements are?
你的体重增加了,不是吗?
Nǐ de tǐzhòng zēngjiā le, bùshìma?
You've put on weight, haven't you?
你最近是不是身体有点不舒服?
Nǐ zuì jìn shìbùshì shēntǐ yǒudiǎn bù shūfu?
Have you been feeling a bit of discomfort lately?
Character Family
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