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胴

dòng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the torso; the trunk of the body (especially a dressed animal carcass)
  2. 2 the large intestine

Examples

HSK 7-9
屠宰场里，胴体要称重分级。
Túzǎichǎng lǐ, dòngtǐ yào chēngzhòng fēnjí.
At the slaughterhouse the carcasses are weighed and graded.
HSK 7-9
雕塑家塑造出人体胴体流畅的线条。
Diāosùjiā sùzào chū réntǐ dòngtǐ liúchàng de xiàntiáo.
The sculptor shaped the smooth lines of the human torso.

Tips

usage
Almost always 胴体, either a dressed animal carcass (head, limbs and organs removed) in butchery, or, in literary use, the bare human trunk.

Components

radical
⺼ ròu
flesh; body
Left side is the flesh radical ⺼ (the meat form of 肉), used for body-part words, here the trunk of the body.
phonetic
同 tóng
same
Right side 同 gives the sound; the reading shifts to 胴. The hollow 同 shape also faintly suits the hollow body cavity sense.

Stroke Order

胴 dòng