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身体

shēn tǐ

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 身體

身体 (shēn tǐ) means "the body". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 身体 means

1. the body
2. one's health

The characters in 身体

• 身shēnbody; life; oneself
• 体tǐbody; form; style

Example sentences

• 我身体不适。
  Wǒ shēntǐ bù shì.
  I'm not feeling well.
• 我身体很好。
  I'm healthy.
• 请多保重身体。
  Qǐng duō bǎozhòng shēntǐ.
  Please take care of your body.
• 他的身体很好。
  He is in good health.
• 早睡早起身体好。
  Zǎoshuìzǎoqǐ shēntǐ hǎo.
  Going to sleep and waking up early is good for the body.
• 吸烟对身体有害。
  Smoking is not good for the health.

Words starting with 身体

• 身体力行shēn tǐ lì xíngto practice what one preaches (idiom)
• 身体质量指数shēn tǐ zhì liàng zhǐ shùbody mass index (BMI)
• 身体是革命的本钱shēn tǐ shì gé mìng de běn qiánlit. the body is the revolution's capital; fig. good health is a prerequisite for work…
• 身体检查shēn tǐ jiǎn chásee 体格检查

Where 身体 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Colors and Appearance (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shēn tǐ correctly.
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