Chinese Word of the Day
身体shēn tǐ
body
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 身体 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 身體 | ||
| 身體 | shēntǐ | |
| 1. n. (anatomy) body (of a human or animal) | ||
| 鍛鍊 身體 - to exercise | ||
| 身體 素質 - physique | ||
| 身體 接觸 - physical contact | ||
| 身體 部位 - body part | ||
| 我 感覺jué 身體 被 掏空。 - I feel wiped out. | ||
| 2. n. health; physique; fitness | ||
| 注意 身體 - to look after one's health | ||
| 對 身體 有 好處 - to be good for one's health | ||
| 海 上 風 大，保重 身體。 - It can get windy on the ocean. Look after your health. | ||
| 祝 你 身體 健康，萬事如意。 - Wish you good health, and all the best. | ||
| 您 家人 身體 都 好 嗎？ - Is everyone in your family well? | ||
| 3. v. (literary) to take part personally; to practice | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| body | ||
| 1. 身体 | ||
| Components | ||
| 身 | shēn | |
| 1. (anatomy) body | ||
| 2. (figurative) body; main part | ||
| 3. pregnancy | ||
| 4. oneself | ||
| 5. in person; personally | ||
| 6. I; me | ||
| 7. life; one's (entire) life | ||
| 8. social status | ||
| 9. moral character | ||
| 10. (literary or Min Nan, Pu-Xian Min) | ||
| 11. (Min Nan) | ||
| 12. (Cantonese, idiomatic) | ||
| 13. Only used in 身毒 | ||
| 体 | ||
| 1. Variant of 體 | ||
| 2. Alternative form of 笨 (coarse appearance; inferior) | ||
| 3. (Used in pallbearer). | ||
| 4. name of prison | ||
| 體 | tǐ, tī | |
| 1. body | ||
| 身體 - body | ||
| 2. part of the body | ||
| 肢體 - limb | ||
| 3. state of a substance | ||
| 固體 - solid state | ||
| 4. whole entity | ||
| 物體 - object | ||
| 5. form; structure | ||
| 體制 - system of organization | ||
| 6. (literature) style; form; genre; structure | ||
| 文體 - literary form | ||
| 7. style of calligraphy | ||
| 隸體 - clerical script | ||
| 聖書體 - hieroglyph | ||
| 8. typeface | ||
| 宋體 - Song typeface | ||
| 9. three-dimensional object | ||
| 正方體 - cube | ||
| 10. principle | ||
| 11. (mainland China, grammar) aspect of a verb | ||
| 進行體 - progressive aspect | ||
| 12. to do or experience personally | ||
| 身體力行 - to practise what one advocates | ||
| 體驗 - to learn through experience | ||
| 13. to put oneself in someone else's position | ||
| 體恤 - to understand and sympathize with | ||
| 14. (Philippines Hokkien) manner; attitude; behavior | ||
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Pronunciation
shēn tǐ
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