Chinese symbol for “sports”
体育
tǐ yù
Traditional: 體育
sports; physical education
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sports is 体育 (tǐ yù), defined as: sports; physical education.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sports”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 体育运动 (體育運動) | tǐ yù yùn dòng | sports; athletic activities |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 体育活动 (體育活動) | tǐ yù huó dòng | sports; sporting activity |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 体育.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 媒体 (媒體) | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
| 身体 (身體) | shēn tǐ | the body; one's health |
| 团体 (團體) | tuán tǐ | group; organization |
| 体系 (體系) | tǐ xì | system; setup |
| 具体 (具體) | jù tǐ | concrete; specific; detailed |
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate; to teach |
| 发育 (發育) | fā yù | to develop; to mature |
| 培育 | péi yù | to train; to breed |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sports”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.