粵

體tai2統tung2

simp体统
tai2 tung2tǐ tǒng

English

  1. decorum
  2. propriety
  3. arrangement or form (of piece of writing)
  4. decency

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 規矩;禮儀;行為準則

Examples

  • 成何體統

    how could it be decent

  • 有礙體統

    to act indecently

  • 破壞公眾體統

    to outrage public decency

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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