HSK 6 · Emotions

体谅 tǐliàng “to be understanding” in Chinese

Traditional 體諒

What 体谅 means

  1. to be understanding
  2. to make allowances for
  3. to empathise
  4. to allow (for sth)
  5. to show understanding
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to appreciate

How to say 体谅

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale体tǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale谅liàng4th tone, falling

体谅 in a sentence

  1. 我们得体谅她年轻。

    Wǒmen děi tǐliàng tā niánqīng.

    We have to make allowances for her youth.

    Sentence #1964659 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 体谅 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 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.

The character 谅 (liàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
谅liàngto show understanding
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 京capital city · jīngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 京 (jīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with liàng.

How to write 体谅

体 7 strokes · 谅 10 strokes

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

Words related to 体谅

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集体jítǐ · collective (decision)媒体méitǐ · media

Words with 谅

原谅yuánliàng · to excuse谅解liàngjiě · to understand

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

疏远shūyuǎn · to drift apart思念sīniàn · to miss叹气tànqì · to sigh陶醉táozuì · to be intoxicated (by)唾弃tuòqì · to spurn惋惜wǎnxī · to regret畏惧wèijù · to fear为难wéinán · to make things difficult (for)

FAQs

体谅 (tǐliàng) means “to be understanding” or “to make allowances for”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tǐliàng: tǐ with a 3rd tone, then liàng with a 4th 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, 体谅 is written 體諒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiliang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 体谅 from the suggestions. Typing tiliang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
体谅 is an HSK 6 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.