HSK 5 · Society

集体 jítǐ “collective (decision)” in Chinese

Traditional 集體

What 集体 means

  1. collective (decision)
  2. joint (effort)
  3. a group
  4. a team
  5. en masse
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • as a group

How to say 集体

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale集jí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale体tǐ3rd tone, dipping

集体 in a sentence

  1. 日本人喜欢集体旅游。

    Rìběnrén xǐhuan jítǐ lǚyóu.

    Japanese people like travelling in groups.

    Sentence #453767 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 不要把个人行为上升到集体。

    Búyào bǎ gèrén xíngwéi shàngshēng dào jítǐ.

    Don’t generalise individual behaviour to an entire group.

    Sentence #14028761 from Tatoeba

  3. 他在利用集体的名义，为自己谋利。

    Tā zài lìyòng jítǐ de míngyì, wèi zìjǐ móulì.

    He’s using the group’s name to benefit himself.

    Sentence #6535149 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 集体 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 集 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
集jíto gather
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuī
  • 木tree · mù
The character 体 (tǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
体tǐbody
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 本root · běn

Memory aidA person 亻 and a root 本: the body.

How to write 集体

集 12 strokes · 体 7 strokes

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集体 (jítǐ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 集体 (jítǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 集体

Words with 集

集合jíhé · to gather集中jízhōng · to concentrate采集cǎijí · to gather集团jítuán · group

Words with 体

身体shēntǐ · body体育tǐyù · physical training体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium体会tǐhuì · to know from experience体贴tǐtiē · considerate (of other people’s needs)体现tǐxiàn · to embody体验tǐyàn · to experience for oneself具体jùtǐ · specific媒体méitǐ · media整体zhěngtǐ · whole

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FAQs

集体 (jítǐ) means “collective (decision)” or “joint (effort)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jítǐ: jí with a 2nd tone, then tǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 集体 is written 集體. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiti with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 集体 from the suggestions. Typing jiti into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
集体 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.