尸体 meaning in English

shītǐ

corpse; dead body

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 屍體10 strokes

Meaning of 尸体

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shītǐ
  1. corpse; dead body

尸体 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ在zài海hǎi边biān发fā现xiàn了le具jù尸shī体tǐ。
Tom found a dead body on the beach.
每měi个gè人rén都dōu可kě能néng变biàn成chéng尸shī体tǐ。
Every man is a potential corpse.
这zhè就jiù是shì发fā现xiàn尸shī体tǐ的de房fáng间jiān。
This is the room where the body was found.
那nà个ge男nán人rén的de尸shī体tǐ至zhì今jīn仍réng未wèi被bèi找zhǎo到dào。
That man's body still hasn't been found.
后hòu备bèi箱xiāng内nèi有yǒu具jù尸shī体tǐ。
There's a body in the trunk of the car.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

尸 shī · body · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

体 tǐ · body · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 尸体.

身体shēntǐthe body; one's health
全体quántǐall; entire
体育tǐyùsports; physical education
体育馆tǐyùguǎngym; gymnasium
体育场tǐyùchǎngstadium
媒体méitǐmedia, esp. news media
具体jùtǐconcrete; specific; detailed
体验tǐyànto experience for oneself
团体tuántǐgroup; organization
体会tǐhuìto know from experience; to learn through experience
集体jítǐcollective (decision); joint (effort)
整体zhěngtǐwhole; entirety; overall; whole; general

Questions about 尸体

What does 尸体 mean?

尸体 (shītǐ) means "corpse; dead body" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 尸体?

尸体 is made of 2 characters: 尸 (3 strokes), 体 (7 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 尸体 an HSK word?

Yes. 尸体 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 尸体 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 尸体 is written 屍體.