"Body" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shēn tǐ the body / one's health
 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4]
 shēn zi body / pregnancy / health
 zhǔ tǐ main part / bulk / body / subject / agent
 wù tǐ object / body / substance
 shēn qū body
 zhī tǐ limb / limbs and trunk / body
 qū tǐ (human) body
 qū qiào the body (as opposed to the soul)
 jī tǐ the body / organism (usually human) / (fig.) fabric (of society etc) / cohesive structure (of an entity)
 shēn shang on the body / at hand / among
 běn wén this text / article / the main body of a book
 zhèng wén main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
 zhěng tǐ whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole
 Rén dà people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels &ndash / national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会[ren2min2 dai4biao3 da4hui4])
 quán shēn the whole body / (typography) em
 rén tǐ human body
 yī shēn whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes
 tǐ nèi within the body / in vivo (vs in vitro) / internal to
 huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc
 bù wèi part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)
 shī tǐ corpse / dead body
 tǐ zhòng body weight
 téng tòng pain / (of a body part) to be painful / to be sore / to hurt / (of a person) to be in pain
 zhī fáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)
 dà duì group / a large body of / production brigade / military group
 shēn xīn body and mind / mental and physical
 jī shēn body of a vehicle or machine / fuselage of a plane
 xīng qiú celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc) / heavenly body
 rén shēn person / personal / human body
 jūn yún even / well-distributed / homogeneous / well-proportioned (figure, body etc)
 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 / etc) / aka central leading group
 ròu tǐ physical body
 chē shēn the body of a vehicle / (bicycle) frame
 sì zhī the four limbs of the body
 shàng shēn upper part of the body
 xià shēn lower part of the body / genitalia / trousers
 kuī jiǎ armor / body armor and helmet
 shēn fǎ pose or motion of one's body in martial arts
 shuǐ yù waters / body of water
 tǐ wài outside the body / in vitro
 tǐ xíng build / body type
 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition
 tǐ wèi body odor / to appreciate a subtle taste
 hán qì cold air / a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air)
 pí pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
 rè dù level of heat / (fig.) zeal / fervor / (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat)
 zhōu shēn whole body
 shuǐ xìng swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc)
 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants
 duì àn opposite bank (of a body of water)
 tì shēn stand-in / substitute / body double / stuntman / scapegoat / fall guy / to stand in for sb else
 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century)
 shàng bàn shēn the upper body
 sù shēn body sculpting (weight loss and exercise)
 wāng wāng gleaming with tears / woof woof (sound of a dog barking) / (literary) (of a body of water) broad and deep
 bǐ huà to gesture / to use sign language / to gesticulate / to engage in body combat or martial art / to come to blows
 ròu shēn corporeal body
 tiān tǐ celestial body / nude body
 dòng tǐ carcass / naked body
 shuǐ tǐ body of water
 shuǐ dǐ the bottom of a body of water
 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form
 bèi jǐ the back of the human body
 tōng tǐ (of sb or sth) whole or entire body
 wāng yáng vast body of water / CL:片[pian4]
 qiáng shēn to strengthen one's body / to keep fit / to build up one's health (through exercise, nutrition etc)
 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube / (contemporary) bedding / bed cover
 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
 sǐ shī corpse / dead body
 mǔ tǐ (zoology, medicine) mother's body / (chemistry etc) parent / matrix / (statistics) population / parent population
 shǒu wǔ zú dǎo lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs
穿 chuān bāng (TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover
 jīn pí lì jìn body weary, strength exhausted (idiom) / extremely tired / spent
 sān xiāng sedan (automobile body type)
 fěn shēn suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly / to sacrifice one's life
 xīn jīng ròu tiào lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom) / fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
  certifying body
 shī shou corpse / carcass / dead body
 zhēn shēn the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy
 ān shén to calm (soothe) the nerves / to relieve uneasiness of body and mind
 fù shēn to enter a body / to possess
 rú yǐng suí xíng lit. as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / fig. closely associated with each other / inseparable / to follow relentlessly
 suì shī dismembered body
 huó tǐ living body / live specimen
 shī shēn corpse / dead body
 chuán shēn hull / body of a ship
 chuán tǐ hull / body of a ship
 tǐ cháng body length
 piān tān paralysis of one side of the body / hemiplegia
 héng dù to cross (a body of water)
 gān shī desiccated corpse / mummified body
 hán máo fine hair on the human body
 ái biàn to become cancerous / transformation to malignancy (of body cells)
 chá yán guān sè to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom) / to discern what sb thinks from his body language
 xīng tǐ celestial body (planet, satellite etc)
 sū ruǎn weak (of body or limbs) / limp / gone soft
 tuō tāi to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
  accreditation body
 sōu shēn to do a body search / to frisk
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