體

简 体 · 繁 體
Mandarin · pinyin tī#

Meanings · tī

  1. used in 體己 tī ji
  2. Taiwan pr. tǐ
Mandarin · pinyin tǐ#

Meanings · tǐ

  1. body
  2. form
  3. style
  4. system
  5. substance
  6. to experience
  7. aspect (linguistics)
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體
tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
体
tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior
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1 · ti1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tai2

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character

  1. body
  2. part of the body
  3. state of a substance
  4. whole entity
  5. form; structure; shape
  6. (literature) style; form; genre; structure
  7. style of calligraphy
  8. typeface
  9. three-dimensional object
  10. principle
  11. (Mainland China, grammar) aspect of a verb
  12. (Taiwan, mathematics) field
  13. to do or experience personally
  14. to put oneself in someone else's position
  15. (Hokkien, figurative) the particular way in how something situationally or someone behaviorally proceeds to be presented as judged by one's own standards: style; form; external behavioral appearance; manner; deportment; comportment; bearing; air; demeanor; posture
  16. a surname

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體 · ti1 · ti3
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 121,618, 121,619
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Exact source records體 体 [ti1] /used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5]/Taiwan pr. [ti3]/體 体 [ti3] /body/form/style/system/substance/to experience/aspect (linguistics)/