Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/体(體)-tĭ-body

体(體) tĭ body in Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical of the simplified form is 人 rén “person”, which is written 亻 when occurring at the left side of a character so as not to get in the way of the component at the right. The colloquial name for this radical is 人字旁 rénzìpáng “side made up of the character 人.” Radical of the traditional form is 骨 gŭ “bone.” Distinguish simplified 体 from 本 bĕn and 保 băo.

Examples

• 身体 (身體) shēntĭ body; health [N]
• 简体字 (簡體字) jiăntĭzì simplified Chinese character [N]
• 多媒体 (duōméitĭ = multimedia),
• 繁体字 (fántĭzì = traditional character),
• 集体 (jítĭ = group),
• 简体字 (jiăntĭzì = simplified character),
• 媒体 (méitĭ = medium)
• 媒体营销 (méitĭyíngxiāo = broad marketing)
• 全体 (quántĭ = total)

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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