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There are 15 total results for your 体裁 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

体裁

see styles
 teisai(p); taisai / tesai(p); taisai
    ていさい(P); たいさい
(1) (outward) appearance; (2) (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; style; (3) appearances; decency; show; display; (4) lip-service; insincere words; glib talk

體裁


体裁

see styles
tǐ cái
    ti3 cai2
t`i ts`ai
    ti tsai
genre; style; form of writing
See: 体裁

体裁上

see styles
 teisaijou / tesaijo
    ていさいじょう
for appearances' sake; for appearance sake

不体裁

see styles
 futeisai / futesai
    ふていさい
(noun or adjectival noun) bad form or manners; indecency; impropriety

体裁よく

see styles
 teisaiyoku / tesaiyoku
    ていさいよく
(adverb) tastefully; respectfully; decently

体裁振る

see styles
 teisaiburu / tesaiburu
    ていさいぶる
(v5r,vi) to put on airs

体裁良く

see styles
 teisaiyoku / tesaiyoku
    ていさいよく
(adverb) tastefully; respectfully; decently

相體裁衣


相体裁衣

see styles
xiàng tǐ cái yī
    xiang4 ti3 cai2 yi1
hsiang t`i ts`ai i
    hsiang ti tsai i
lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances

稱體裁衣


称体裁衣

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chēng tǐ cái yī
    cheng1 ti3 cai2 yi1
ch`eng t`i ts`ai i
    cheng ti tsai i
 shōtai sai-e
cut the garments according to the body

立体裁断

see styles
 rittaisaidan
    りったいさいだん
draping

表示体裁

see styles
 hyoujiteisai / hyojitesai
    ひょうじていさい
{comp} presentation style

量體裁衣


量体裁衣

see styles
liàng tǐ cái yī
    liang4 ti3 cai2 yi1
liang t`i ts`ai i
    liang ti tsai i
lit. to cut cloth according to the body (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances

割付け体裁

see styles
 waritsuketeisai / waritsuketesai
    わりつけていさい
{comp} layout style

Variations:
体裁よく
体裁良く

see styles
 teisaiyoku / tesaiyoku
    ていさいよく
(adverb) tastefully; respectfully; decently

看菜吃飯,量體裁衣


看菜吃饭,量体裁衣

see styles
kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yī
    kan4 cai4 chi1 fan4 , liang4 ti3 cai2 yi1
k`an ts`ai ch`ih fan , liang t`i ts`ai i
    kan tsai chih fan , liang ti tsai i
lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 15 results for "体裁" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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