体裁

体裁

See also: 體裁

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 体裁 – see 體裁 (“literary genre; style; form”). (This term, 体裁, is the simplified form of 體裁.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
体	裁
てい Grade: 2	さい Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
體裁 (kyūjitai)

Noun

体(てい)裁(さい) • (teisai)  (kyūjitai 體裁)

1. form, style

   体裁(ていさい)を整(ととの)える

   teisai o totonoeru

   (about a document, dictionary etc.): to make stylized

2. look, appearance

   体裁(ていさい)が悪(わる)い

   teisai ga warui

   to look not so good[1]

Synonyms

• (style): 書式(しょしき) (shoshiki)
• (appearance): 見栄(みえ) (mie), 見栄(みば)え (mibae)

References

1. Kyōsuke Kindaichi et al. (eds.) (1974), 三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseidō Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō