體恤

See also: 体恤

Chinese

		body; form; style body; form; style; system	give relief; sympathy
trad. (體恤)		體	恤
simp. (体恤)		体	恤

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǐxù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˇ ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai² seot¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǐxù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˇ ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǐsyù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi³-hsü⁴
    • Yale: tǐ-syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiishiuh
    • Palladius: тисюй (tisjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai² seot¹
    • Yale: tái sēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai² soet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei² sêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³⁵ sɵt̚⁵/

Verb

體恤

1. to empathise with; to show understanding for; to make allowances for

Synonyms

• 體諒／体谅 (tǐliàng)
• 矜恤 (jīnxù)
• 憐惜／怜惜 (liánxī)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English T-shirt.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǐxù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˇ ㄒㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǐxù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˇ ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǐsyù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi³-hsü⁴
    • Yale: tǐ-syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiishiuh
    • Palladius: тисюй (tisjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy⁵¹/

Noun

體恤

1. T-shirt (Classifier: 件)

   • 這時候的心情主要已不是欣賞風景，而是有點心慌懊惱失誤了：因為我一身薄裙就出發了，隨身帶的僅一條便褲一件體恤。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     这时候的心情主要已不是欣赏风景，而是有点心慌懊恼失误了：因为我一身薄裙就出发了，随身带的仅一条便裤一件体恤。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2018, 爾雅, 《陽光如賒：寫意舊金山》, page 112

     Zhè shíhòu de xīnqíng zhǔyào yǐ bùshì xīnshǎng fēngjǐng, érshì yǒudiǎn xīnhuāng àonǎo shīwù le: yīnwèi wǒ yī shēn bó qún jiù chūfā le, suíshēn dài de jǐn yī tiáo biàn kù yī jiàn tǐxù. [Pinyin]

     At this point, I wasn't mainly enjoying the scenery so much as feeling panicked and frustrated, because I set off in just a thin dress, carrying only a pair of pants and a T-shirt.

Synonyms

• T恤 (tì xù)
• T恤衫 (tì xùshān)
• 體恤衫／体恤衫 (tǐxùshān)