体谅
tǐliàng
to understand; to show consideration for
Characters in this word
谅 liàng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 京 capital city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 管理者需要体谅基层员工的处境，而不能只盯着指标。 Guǎnlǐzhě xūyào tǐliàng jīcéng yuángōng de chǔjìng, ér bùnéng zhǐ dīng zhe zhǐbiāo. Managers need to show consideration for the situation of front-line staff, rather than only staring at targets.
- 父母很体谅他工作忙，从不催他回家。 Fùmǔ hěn tǐliàng tā gōngzuò máng, cóngbù cuī tā huíjiā. His parents understand how busy he is at work and never urge him to come home.
- 同事生病了，他很体谅，主动分担了工作。 Tóngshì shēngbìng le, tā hěn tǐliàng, zhǔdòng fēndān le gōngzuò. When his colleague fell ill, he showed understanding and took on part of the work himself.
Related words
- 身体 shēntǐ body; health
- 全体 quántǐ all; everyone present
- 体育 tǐyù sports
- 体育场 tǐyùchǎng stadium
- 体育馆 tǐyùguǎn gymnasium; sports hall
- 集体 jítǐ group
- 具体 jùtǐ specific; concrete
- 媒体 méitǐ media
- 体会 tǐhuì to understand through feeling
- 体现 tǐxiàn to show; to embody
- 体验 tǐyàn to experience
- 团体 tuántǐ organization; group