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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dì | di4
English translation
emperor
supreme ruler, emperor; god

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

An altar on which a sacrifice is being made

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

立巾

Explanation

Pictograph of firewood arranged together for the purpose of an imperial ancestral sacrifice.

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kān zài shǎng de 分儿 shǎng , Bié zài shuì le !

For goodness'sake, stop talking!

戴维: 快死 le ,上帝 Shàng dì ā , 死了.

Davey: Im dyin boys . Jesus, Im so thirsty.

zhào de 所作所为 suǒ zuò suǒ wéi 那样 nà yàng 行事 xíng shì , shì 违背 wéibèi 上帝 Shàng dì de 意志 yìzhì de .

To act as you have done is to fly in the face of Providence.

表面 biǎomiàn shǎng , de 任职 rèn zhí wéi 东帝汶 Dōng dì wèn 带来 dài lái le 稳定 wěndìng .

On the surface, it has succeeded in bringing stability.

他们 tā men zài 城里处乱 guàng , 寻找 xúnzhǎo 上帝 Shàng dì .

As they go about the city, they search for God.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
上帝 Shàng dì God上帝 Shàng dì
emperor
皇帝 huángdì emperor皇帝 huángdì
帝国 dì guó empire帝國
帝国主义 dì guó zhǔ yì imperialism帝國主義
帝王 dì wáng regent帝王 dì wáng
帝都 dì dū imperial capital帝都 dì dū
大帝 dà dì heavenly emperor大帝 dà dì
黄帝 Huáng dì the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC黃帝
反帝 fǎn dì anti-imperialist反帝 fǎn dì
东帝汶 Dōng dì wèn East Timor (officially Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste)東帝汶
汉武帝 Hàn Wǔ dì Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)漢武帝
小皇帝 xiǎo huáng dì child emperor小皇帝 xiǎo huáng dì
炎帝 Yán dì Flame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Shén nóng [Shén​nóng] Farmer God炎帝 Yán dì
罗马帝国 Luó mǎ Dì guó Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)羅馬帝國
玉帝 yù dì the Jade Emperor玉帝 yù dì
天帝 Tiān dì God of heaven天帝 Tiān dì
玉皇大帝 Yù huáng Dà dì Jade Emperor玉皇大帝 Yù huáng Dà dì
隋炀帝 Suí Yáng dì Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618隋煬帝
帝制 dì zhì autocratic monarchy帝制 dì zhì
帝力 Dì lì Dili, capital of East Timor帝力 Dì lì
汉献帝 Hàn Xiàn dì Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓 Dǒng Zhuó , reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕 Cáo Pī 漢獻帝
五帝 wǔ dì Five Emperors from legendary times五帝 wǔ dì
隋文帝 Suí Wén dì first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604隋文帝 Suí Wén dì
白帝城 Bái dì chéng Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆 Chóng qìng , north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction白帝城 Bái dì chéng

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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