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The Cantonese word san tai - 身体 - san1 tai2
(body in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

san1 tai2

English translations

body, health

Chinese characters:

身体
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身体 (san1 tai2) is composed of these characters: 身, 体
身体 ( san tai / san1 tai2 ) in traditional characters
身體
Topic
The Human Body

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

life  |  man
身体 ( san tai / san1 tai2 ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 185)
More words that mean body in Cantonese
gyun1 ( 身 ), san1 zi2 ( 身子 )
More words that mean health in Cantonese
gin6 ( 健 ), hong1 ( 康 )

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