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体裁

tǐcái

genre; literary form

A student choosing between a thick novel and a thin poetry booklet
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裁 cái

Strokes
12
Radical
衣 — cloth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 裁

Example phrases

  • 这篇作品虽然采用小说体裁,却包含大量纪实材料。 Zhè piān zuòpǐn suīrán cǎiyòng xiǎoshuō tǐcái, què bāohán dàliàng jìshí cáiliào. Although this work adopts the genre of fiction, it contains a large amount of documentary material.
  • 这首诗的体裁不同于他以往的作品。 Zhè shǒu shī de tǐcái bùtóng yú tā yǐwǎng de zuòpǐn. The genre of this poem differs from his earlier works.
  • 老师讲到了各种文学体裁的特点。 Lǎoshī jiǎng dàole gè zhǒng wénxué tǐcái de tèdiǎn. The teacher talked about the features of various literary genres.

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