sports; physical education; athletics
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体育 is written with 15 strokes (体: 7, 育: 8). The animation replays automatically.
体育 (tǐyù) is the umbrella noun for 'sports / physical education / athletics' as a domain — the whole field of organized physical activity.
Literally 'body-education,' it covers school P.E. (体育课), competitive sports (体育比赛), and the sports industry/world generally (体育新闻 'sports news,' 体育明星 'sports star'). Important distinction English speakers miss: 体育 names the category, but the act of exercising or playing a specific sport is 运动 (yùndòng) or 锻炼 (duànliàn).
You don't 'do 体育' the way you 'do sports' in English; instead you do 运动 (exercise) or 打/踢 a specific sport. Compounds to learn: 体育馆 (tǐyùguǎn, 'gym / stadium'), 体育场 (tǐyùchǎng, 'stadium'), 体育课 (P.E. class), 体育用品 (sporting goods).
Character by character
Memory hook: 体 'body' + 育 'educate' = education of the body — physical education, sports.
体育 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed — each with the full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.
Browse the full episode library我们今天有体育课。
Wǒmen jīntiān yǒu tǐyù kè.
We have P.E. class today.
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他喜欢看体育新闻。
Tā xǐhuan kàn tǐyù xīnwén.
He likes watching sports news.
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体育馆就在学校旁边。
Tǐyùguǎn jiù zài xuéxiào pángbiān.
The gym is right next to the school.
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我哥哥是一个体育老师。
Wǒ gēge shì yí ge tǐyù lǎoshī.
My older brother is a P.E. teacher.
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中国人很喜欢体育比赛。
Zhōngguó rén hěn xǐhuan tǐyù bǐsài.
Chinese people really enjoy sports competitions.
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