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Chinese
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tool; device; utensil tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument |
body; form; style body; form; style; system |
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具
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體
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具
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体
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Etymology
Attestable in ancient Chinese texts. Used in Mencius's writings with a meaning close to the literal sense, the entirety is arranged, in order. Reborrowed from Japanese 具体 (gutai), which was repurposed in the 1881 work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Dictionary of Philosophy”) by Inoue Tetsujirō as a translation of the English term concrete, as opposed to abstract.
Pronunciation
Adjective
具體
- specific; particular; concrete; exact
- 具體位置／具体位置 ― jùtǐ wèizhì ― exact location
- 他講得很具體。／他讲得很具体。 ― Tā jiǎng de hěn jùtǐ. ― He spoke very specifically.
大家都是從事哪些具體工作的？ [MSC, trad.]
大家都是从事哪些具体工作的？ [MSC, simp.]- Dàjiā dōu shì cóngshì nǎxiē jùtǐ gōngzuò de?
- Specifically what kind of work is everybody doing?
接下來我把具體的內容發給大家。 [MSC, trad.]
接下来我把具体的内容发给大家。 [MSC, simp.]- Jiēxiàlái wǒ bǎ jùtǐ de nèiróng fā gěi dàjiā.
- Next, I will send you the specific content.
我查了資料，但是都是零零碎碎的，還沒有形成什麼具體的體系。 [MSC, trad.]
我查了资料，但是都是零零碎碎的，还没有形成什么具体的体系。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ chá le zīliào, dànshì dōu shì líng líng suì suì de, hái méiyǒu xíngchéng shénme jùtǐ de tǐxì.
- I checked the materials, but they're all in bits and pieces — a concrete system has not been formed yet.
Antonyms
- 抽象 (chōuxiàng)
- 空洞 (kōngdòng)
Derived terms
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 具體 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 具體, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
具體 • (guche) (hangeul 구체)
- hanja form? of 구체
Vietnamese
Adjective
具體
- chữ Hán form of cụ thể (“specific; concrete; detailed”).