Body in Chinese
body · HSK 2
身体
- 身 body
- 体 body
洗完澡，我用毛巾擦干身体。 After my shower, I dried my body with a towel.
Other ways to say body
More words with 身 or 体
How do you say body in Chinese?
Body in Chinese is 身体 (shēn tǐ). You can also say 身 (shēn), 物体 (wù tǐ).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.