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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dǐ | di3
English translation
to press against
to support
to prop up
to resist
to equal
to balance
to make up for
to mortgage
to arrive at
to resist; to arrive; mortgage

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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hand

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌氐

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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收支 shōu zhī 相抵 xiāng dǐ ,净存两千 Yuán .

The accounts show a surplus of 2,000 yuan.

我们 wǒmen de 战士 zhàn shì 抵抗 dǐkàng 敌人 dírén de 进攻 jìngōng Zhōu 之久.

Our soldiers held out against the enemy's attacks for a week.

zhū dān 杆菌 gǎn jūn duì yán yān , suān jìn , yān xūn hěn yǒu 抵抗力 dǐ kàng lì .

The erysipelas organism is quite resistant to salting, pickling, and smoking.

他们 tā men 不得不 bùdébù jiāng èr Lóu 出去 chū qù 偿付 cháng fù 抵押 dǐ yā 借款 jiè kuǎn .

They had to rent out the upstairs to make mortgage payments.

一辈子 yībèizi 放个 yāo bo 一课, 究竟 jiūjìng le xiē 什么 shénme shì ?

You said Blacky was in terrible trouble, but nothing happened.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
抵抗 dǐkàng to resist抵抗 dǐkàng
抵达 dǐdá to arrive抵達
to support
抵押 dǐ yā to put up collateral抵押 dǐ yā
抵制 dǐzhì to resist抵制 dǐzhì
抵挡 dǐ dǎng to resist抵擋
抵御 dǐ yù to resist抵禦
抵消 dǐ xiāo to counteract抵消 dǐ xiāo
抵触 dǐ chù to conflict抵觸
抵赖 dǐ lài to disavow抵賴
抵债 dǐ zhài to repay a debt in kind or by labor抵債
抵押品 dǐ yā pǐn mortgaged property抵押品 dǐ yā pǐn
大抵 dà dǐ by and large大抵 dà dǐ
抵抗力 dǐ kàng lì resistance抵抗力 dǐ kàng lì
相抵 xiāng dǐ to balance up相抵 xiāng dǐ
抵偿 dǐ cháng to compensate抵償
抵押物 dǐ yā wù collateral (finance)抵押物 dǐ yā wù
抵补 dǐ bǔ to make good抵補
抵罪 dǐ zuì to be punished for a crime抵罪 dǐ zuì
抵充 dǐ chōng to use in payment抵充 dǐ chōng
抵账 dǐ zhàng to repay a debt in kind or by labor抵賬

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