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身體

简身体 · 繁身體

Mandarin · pinyin shēn tǐ

the body
one's health

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身: shēn · body; trunk, hull; Kangxi radical 158
體: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
体: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior

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1–3 · shen1 ti3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

san1 tai2

Cantonese word readings for 身體. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(anatomy) body (of a human or animal) (Classifier: 具 m; 個／个)
health; physique; fitness

verb

(literary) to take part personally; to practice

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