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).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. body
  2. form
  3. style
  4. system
  5. substance
  6. to experience

Stroke Order

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7

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 体

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
身体nounshēn tǐthe body2
媒体nounméi tǐmedia, esp. news media5
具体adjective/verbjù tǐconcrete5
体验verbtǐ yànto experience for oneself5
体育nountǐ yùsports3
全体nounquán tǐall5
团体nountuán tǐgroup6
体会verb/nountǐ huìto know from experience5
人体nounrén tǐhuman body5
体重nountǐ zhòngbody weight4
体力nountǐ lìphysical strength5
气体nounqì tǐgas (i.e. gaseous substance)6
物体nounwù tǐobject6
集体nounjí tǐcollective (decision)5
液体nounyè tǐliquid6
体温nountǐ wēn(body) temperature4
体育馆nountǐ yù guǎngym3
体现verbtǐ xiànto embody5
整体nounzhěng tǐwhole5
体系nountǐ xìsystem6
体操nountǐ cāogymnastic6
群体nounqún tǐcommunity5
体检verbtǐ jiǎnabbr. for 體格檢查|体格检查4
个体noungè tǐan individual6
总体nounzǒng tǐcompletely5
体积nountǐ jīvolume (amount of space an object occupies)6
固体noungù tǐsolid6
新媒体nounxīn méi tǐnew media (digital media, as contrasted with traditional media)6
多媒体nounduō méi tǐmultimedia6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
尸体nounshī tǐcorpse
体内tǐ nèiwithin the body
裸体verbluǒ tǐnaked
肉体nounròu tǐphysical body
体贴verbtǐ tiēconsiderate (of other people's needs)
体面tǐ miàndignity
遗体nounyí tǐremains (of a dead person)
肢体nounzhī tǐlimb
体型nountǐ xíngbuild
112
Total compounds
33
As first character
65
As last character
2
As middle character

体 appears in 112 compound words: 33 as the first character, 65 as the last, and 2 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.

媒méi
0.59299,607 co-occurrences
尸shī
0.59214,134 co-occurrences
团tuán
0.55463,902 co-occurrences
育yù
0.529107,823 co-occurrences
晶jīng
0.50415,010 co-occurrences
具jù
0.48542,166 co-occurrences
液yè
0.47812,870 co-occurrences
整zhěng
0.46733,210 co-occurrences
验yàn
0.45814,571 co-occurrences
群qún
0.44323,188 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (36)

遍体鳞伤biàntǐlínshāng

to be covered all over with cuts and bruises; to be seriously wounded

phrase
不成体统bùchéngtǐtǒngHSK 5+

most improper; downright outrageous

phrase
不识大体bùshídàtǐHSK 2+

to fail to see the larger issues; to ignore the general issues

phrase
成何体统chénghétǐtǒngHSK 5+

what impropriety it is; what a scandal

phrase
赤身露体chìshēnlùtǐHSK 7+

to be completely naked

phrase
雌雄同体cíxióng tóng tǐHSK 7+

hermaphrodite

noun
此事体大cǐ shì tǐ dàHSK 4+

see 茲事體大|兹事体大

phrase
等离子体děng lí zǐ tǐHSK 2+

plasma (physics)

phrase
共享软体gòngxiǎng ruǎntǐHSK 5+

shareware

noun
浑然一体húnrányītǐHSK 7+

to be one integrated mass; to be a unified entity

phrase
魂不附体húnbùfùtǐHSK 7+

to be so scared or shocked that one practically leaps out of one's skin

phrase
集体经济jítǐ jīngjìHSK 5+

collective economy

noun

Showing 12 of 36 idioms containing 体.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

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.

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...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.....

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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...

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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...

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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

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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

Tatoeba

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?

Tatoeba

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?

Tatoeba

你的体重增加了,不是吗?

Nǐ de tǐzhòng zēngjiā le, bùshìma?

You've put on weight, haven't you?

Tatoeba

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

Homophones — Characters pronounced tǐ

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 体 (tǐ) mean in Chinese?
体 (tǐ) primarily means "body." It is classified as HSK Level 2, making it a beginner-level character. It ranks #149 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 体 have?
体 is written with 7 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 体?
The radical associated with 体 is 亻 (person). This radical appears in many characters related to person.
What are the components of 体?
体 is composed of: 亻 (structural), 本 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰亻本 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 体?
Common words with 体 include: 尸体 (shī tǐ, "corpse"); 身体 (shēn tǐ, "the body"); 媒体 (méi tǐ, "media, esp. news media"); 具体 (jù tǐ, "concrete"); 体内 (tǐ nèi, "within the body"). There are over 112 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 体 (tǐ)?
Several characters share the pronunciation tǐ: 提 (to lift, to mention), 题 (topic), 替 (to substitute for), 梯 (ladder, stairs), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 体 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 体 and the traditional form is 體.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.