体育
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 3
体育 (tǐyù) · sports
体育 (tǐyù) means “sports; physical education”. It is written with 2 characters: 体 (body) + 育 (to produce). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 体育 is built
The characters
体 tǐ · body
What 体 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 本běn — book classifier
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 木mù — tree
育 yù · to produce
What 育 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private
- ⺼ — meat
Origin hint: A pregnant woman with a baby ⺼ in her womb (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我很喜欢体育。Wǒ hěn xǐhuan tǐyù.I really like sports.
今天有体育课吗？Jīntiān yǒu tǐyù kè ma?Is there PE class today?
Questions about 体育
What does 体育 mean?
体育 (tǐyù) means “sports; physical education”.
How do you pronounce 体育?
体育 is pronounced tǐyù.
Which HSK level is 体育?
体育 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 身体shēntǐbody
- 全体quántǐall
- 体育场tǐyùchǎngstadium
- 体育馆tǐyùguǎngym
- 集体jítǐgroup
- 具体jùtǐspecific
- 媒体méitǐmedia
- 体会tǐhuìto realize
- 体现tǐxiànto reflect
- 体验tǐyànto experience
Learn 体育 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 62: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.