身体

Character by character

• 身shēn7 strokesHSK 1body; trunk, hull; Kangxi radical 158
• 体tǐ7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 體body; group, class, body, unit; inferior

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我身体不适。

  Wǒ shēn tǐ bù shì

  I'm not feeling well.

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• 我身体很好。

  Wǒ shēn tǐ hěn hǎo

  I'm healthy.

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• 他的身体很好。

  Tā de shēn tǐ hěn hǎo

  He is in good health.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 身体. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 身上shēn shangHSK 1

  on the body; at hand; among

• 身边shēn biānHSK 2

  at one's side; on hand

• 媒体méi tǐHSK 3

  media, esp. news media

• 身份shēn fènHSK 4

  identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank

• 具体jù tǐHSK 3

  concrete; definite; specific

• 体育tǐ yùHSK 2

  sports; physical education

• 本身běn shēnHSK 6

  itself; in itself; per se

• 尸体shī tǐHSK 7

  dead body; corpse; carcass

• 体验tǐ yànHSK 3

  to experience for oneself

• 单身dān shēnHSK 7

  unmarried; single

• 全体quán tǐHSK 2

  all; entire

• 全身quán shēnHSK 2

  the whole body; (typography) em

• 身材shēn cáiHSK 4

  stature; build (height and weight); figure

• 自身zì shēnHSK 3

  itself; oneself; one's own

• 人体rén tǐHSK 7

  human body

• 体会tǐ huìHSK 3

  to know from experience; to learn through experience; to realize; understanding; experience

• 团体tuán tǐHSK 3

  group; organization; team

• 集体jí tǐHSK 3

  collective (decision); joint (effort); a group; a team; en masse; as a group

• 转身zhuǎn shēnHSK 4

  (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)

• 体重tǐ zhòngHSK 4

  body weight

• 体现tǐ xiànHSK 3

  to embody; to reflect; to incarnate

• 整体zhěng tǐHSK 3

  whole entity; entire body; synthesis; as a whole (situation, construction, team etc); global; macrocosm; integral; holistic; whole

• 身份证shēn fèn zhèngHSK 3

  identity card; ID

• 体系tǐ xìHSK 7

  system; setup