体
tǐtī HSK1

body

体 (體) tǐ frequency
body noun
the physical structure of a person, animal, or object; substance

球体和圆柱体都是常见的几何形状。

qiú tǐ hé yuán​zhù​tǐ dōu shì cháng​jiàn de jǐ​hé xíng​zhuàng.

Spheres and cylinders are common geometric shapes.

system noun
a form, style, or organizational system, such as a typeface or genre

你的书法自成一体，风格非常独特。

nǐ de shū​fǎ zì chéng yī tǐ, fēng​gé fēi​cháng dú​tè.

Your calligraphy has a style of its own and is very unique.

experience verb
to personally experience, understand, or sympathize with

你要用心去体味这本书中所蕴含的哲理。

nǐ yào yòng​xīn qù tǐ wèi zhè běn shū zhōng suǒ yùn​hán de zhé​lǐ.

You should take the time to truly appreciate the philosophy within this book.

aspect noun
a grammatical category expressing the temporal flow of an action

动词的“体”表示动作的状态。

dòng​cí de“ tǐ” biǎo​shì dòng​zuò de zhuàng​tài.

The 'aspect' of a verb indicates the status of an action.

体 (體) tī
personal pronoun
specifically used in the compound word 体己 tī​ji, meaning private, personal, or intimate

他们在屋里说着体己话。

tā​men zài wū​li shuō zhe tī​ji huà.

They were having a private, heart-to-heart talk in the room.

Cross-References

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Frequency
Character
Written text
149th most common 1414.9 per million
Movie subtitles
292nd most common 567.7 per million appears in 87% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
35.0 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
138.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
體
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+4F53

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)