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體位

简体位 · 繁體位

Mandarin · pinyin tǐ wèi

posture

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體: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
位: wèi · throne; position, post; rank, status; seat
体: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior

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3–4 · ti3 wei4

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noun

(medicine) posture (the way a person holds and positions their body)
(medicine) position (body position which is required to administer a particular therapy or treatment; particularly for emergency medicine, surgery or childbirth)
(sex) position (sex position)

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