肢体 (zhītǐ) — limbs; body; physical

Characters in this word

Strokes: 8
Radical: ⺼ — meat, flesh
Made of: ⺼ meat, flesh 支 to support, to sustain
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

演员几乎不用台词，只凭肢体动作就表现出人物的矛盾。 Yǎnyuán jīhū bú yòng táicí, zhǐ píng zhītǐ dòngzuò jiù biǎoxiàn chū rénwù de máodùn. The actor uses almost no lines, expressing the character's contradictions through bodily movement alone.
医生检查了他受伤的肢体，说需要休息几个星期。 Yīshēng jiǎnchá le tā shòushāng de zhītǐ, shuō xūyào xiūxi jǐ gè xīngqī. The doctor examined his injured limbs and said he needed to rest for several weeks.
上课的时候，老师让我们用肢体表演各种动物。 Shàngkè de shíhou, lǎoshī ràng wǒmen yòng zhītǐ biǎoyǎn gèzhǒng dòngwù. In class, the teacher had us act out various animals with our bodies.