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diē

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diē Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
diē | die1
English translation
father, dad, daddy

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About diē

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

diē

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

father

Etymology of diē

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

父多

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

duō

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using diē

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diē yòu ǎi yòu Zhuàng .

My father is short and square.

我爹以前 yǐqián 常常 cháng cháng 喝醉 hē zuì le 回家 huí jiā yòu shì hǎn 又是

My dad used to come home drunk, shouting and cussing.

Words with diē

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
diē dad diē
老爹 lǎo diē old man老爹 lǎo diē
爹地 diē dì daddy (loanword)爹地 diē dì
爹爹 diē die daddy爹爹 diē die
爹娘 diē niáng (dialect) parents爹娘 diē niáng
干爹 gān diē adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)乾爹
阿爹 ā diē dad阿爹 ā diē
公爹 gōng diē husband's father公爹 gōng diē
姑爹 gū diē uncle姑爹 gū diē

diē Decomposition & Compounds

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