HSK 5 · Adjectives

具体 jùtǐ “specific” in Chinese

Traditional 具體

What 具体 means

  1. specific
  2. concrete
  3. detailed

How to say 具体

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale具jù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale体tǐ3rd tone, dipping

具体 in a sentence

  1. 可以说说您的具体要求吗？

    Kěyǐ shuōshuo nín de jùtǐ yāoqiú ma?

    Could you tell me what your specific requirements are?

    Sentence #747525 from Tatoeba

  2. 可以更具体些吗？

    Kěyǐ gèng jùtǐ xiē ma?

    Can you be more specific?

    Sentence #3327522 from Tatoeba

  3. 你具体需要些什么？

    Nǐ jùtǐ xūyào xiē shénme?

    What exactly do you need?

    Sentence #12072679 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 具体 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 具 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
具jùtool
  • 目eye · mù
  • 一one · yī
  • 八eight · bā
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 具体

具 8 strokes · 体 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 具体

Words with 具

家具jiājù · furniture具备jùbèi · to possess工具gōngjù · tool玩具wánjù · plaything文具wénjù · stationery (pens

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集体jítǐ · collective (decision)媒体méitǐ · media整体zhěngtǐ · whole

More words: Adjectives

结实jiēshi · sturdy紧急jǐnjí · urgent谨慎jǐnshèn · cautious巨大jùdà · huge绝对juéduì · absolute均匀jūnyún · even可靠kěkào · reliable可怕kěpà · awful

FAQs

具体 (jùtǐ) means “specific” or “concrete”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jùtǐ: jù with a 4th 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, 具体 is written 具體. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type juti with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 具体 from the suggestions. Typing juti into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
具体 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.