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体会 (tǐ huì) — to realize / understand from personal experience; personal insight / understanding gained through experience

Definition

体会 stresses understanding gained through one's own experience — deeper and more personal than 了解 (general understanding). Compare 体验 (to experience the event itself) and 心得 (written-up insights from it).

to realize / understand from personal experiencepersonal insight / understanding gained through experience

Examples

  • 体会。
    Wǒ zhēn zhèng tǐ huì dào le fù mǔ de xīn kǔ.
    I truly realized the hardship of my parents.
  • 体会。
    Zhè cì lǚ xíng gěi le wǒ hěn duō tǐ huì.
    This trip gave me a lot of insight.
  • 体会。
    Zhǐ yǒu qīn shēn jīng lì cái néng tǐ huì qí zhōng de kuài lè.
    Only through personal experience can one appreciate the joy in it.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

体tǐexperience
会huìunderstand

体 as experiencing and 会 as understanding combine to mean learn through experience.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
骨骨gǔbone
Sound part声符shēngfú
豊
豊lǐ體tǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Open 体 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 会 →
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