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体重 (tǐ zhòng) — body weight

Definition

Specifically 'body weight' — the weight of a person or animal, said in medical, fitness, or everyday contexts. 重量 is the more general word for the weight of any object.

noun
body weight

Examples

  • 体重。
    Wǒ de tǐ zhòng shì liù shí gōng jīn.
    My weight is sixty kilograms.
  • 体重。
    Zuì jìn wǒ de tǐ zhòng zēng jiā le hěn duō.
    Recently my weight has increased a lot.
  • 体重。
    Tā měi tiān pǎo bù lái bǎo chí tǐ zhòng.
    He runs every day to maintain his weight.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

体tǐbody
重zhòngweight

体 (body) and 重 (weight) name the weight of a body.

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.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
東
東dōng重zhòng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

重 developed from a picture of a man carrying a bag, with 人 for the man and 東 for the bag; a later ground element was folded into the form.

Open 重 →
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