HSK 3 · Education, Work

体育 tǐyù “physical training” in Chinese

Traditional 體育

What 体育 means

  1. physical training
  2. sports
  3. physical education

How to say 体育

  • 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育yù4th tone, falling

体育 in a sentence

  1. 体育有益健康。

    Tǐyù yǒuyì jiànkāng.

    Sport is good for your health.

    Sentence #4265152 from Tatoeba

  2. 我知道你喜欢体育运动。

    Wǒ zhīdao nǐ xǐhuan tǐyù yùndòng.

    I know you like sport.

    Sentence #7767643 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他是一个体育爱好者。

    Tā shì yí ge tǐyù àihàozhě.

    He’s a sports lover.

    Sentence #2370677 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 体育 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 育 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
育yùto have children
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 厶private · sī
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu

Memory aidThe top is usually explained as a newborn child upside down, and below is the body ⺼: to give birth, to raise.

How to write 体育

体 7 strokes · 育 8 strokes

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

Words related to 体育

Words with 体

身体shēntǐ · body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整体zhěngtǐ · whole

Words with 育

体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium教育jiàoyù · to educate生育shēngyù · to give birth发育fāyù · to develop培育péiyù · to cultivate孕育yùnyù · to nurture

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FAQs

体育 (tǐyù) means “physical training” or “sports”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it tǐyù: tǐ with a 3rd tone, then yù 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, 体育 is written 體育. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 体育 from the suggestions. Typing tiyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
体育 is an HSK 3 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.