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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dì | di4
English translation
stem (of fruit)
variant of [dì]
root cause; the stem of a fruit; the peduncle of a flower

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Transliterated name / 音译人名 Yīnyì rénmíng

Learning hint

plant

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹帝

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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de liǎn ,好象 hǎo xiàng 墨西哥 Mò xī gē 印第安人 Yìn dì ān rén (阿兹 Tái 克人) diāo jiā shì 着刻出来 chū lái de 塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān 的雕 xiàng .

He has the face as though an Aztec sculptor had attempted a portrait of Seba stian.

shì 不是 bú shi 那个 nà ge 容易 róngyì 冲动 chōngdòng yòu hǎo 走极端 de 姑娘 gūniang 一切 yīqiè dōu 告诉 gàosu le xiá ?

Had the impulsive and desperate girl spoken out to Letitia to the fullest?

马蒂 tài bàng le 毫不 háo bù 含糊 hánhú de zòu le 那些 nà xiē 光头 guāng tóu zǎi .

Marty was terrifiche just waded into the skinheads without a thought.

戈尔 Gē ěr 爱泼斯坦上上下下 máng zuò 一团.

Goldie Epstein jumped up and down.

dāng 贝蒂 shuì 知道 zhīdào 我们 wǒmen de 秘密 mìmì shí , zhǐ de shì 什么 shénme ?

What was Betty getting at when she said she knew our secret?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
stem (of fruit)
凯蒂 Kǎi dì (name) Kitty, Cathy, Katy, Caddy etc凱蒂
史蒂夫 Shǐ dì fū Steve (male name)史蒂夫 Shǐ dì fū
根深蒂固 gēnshēndìgù deep-rooted (problem etc)根深蒂固 gēnshēndìgù
斯蒂芬 Sī dì fēn Stephen or Steven (name)斯蒂芬 Sī dì fēn
梵蒂冈 Fàn dì gāng Vatican City梵蒂岡
阴蒂 yīn dì clitoris陰蒂
史蒂文 Shǐ dì wén Steven, Stephen (name)史蒂文 Shǐ dì wén
烟蒂 yān dì cigarette butt煙蒂
塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān Sebastian (name)塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān
罗曼蒂克 luó màn dì kè romantic (loanword)羅曼蒂克
芥蒂 jiè dì barrier芥蒂 jiè dì
史蒂文斯 Shǐ dì wén sī Stephens史蒂文斯 Shǐ dì wén sī
玛莎拉蒂 Mǎ shā lā dì Maserati瑪莎拉蒂

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Decomposition

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