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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dí | di2
English translation
bamboo flute; whistle

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

zhú

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

A bamboo  zhú flute  yóu

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

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轮船 lúnchuán shǎng de 汽笛 qì dí 呜呜 wū wū jiào .

The ship's whistle kept hooting.

汽笛 qì dí zài jiào .

The steam whistle is blowing.

zài 交响乐 jiāo xiǎng yuè 中间 zhōngjiān yǒu 一段奇妙 qímiào de 抒情 shū qíng 长笛 cháng dí 独奏 dú zòu .

There's wonderfully lyrical flute solo in the middle of this symphony.

yòng 笛子 dí zi 吹奏 chuī zòu shǒu lǎo 曲子 qǔzi .

He was playing an old tune on his flute.

从中 cóng zhōng 传出 chuán chū de ér bān yòu yòu liàng de 叫声 jiào shēng , jiù 格外 géwài 轻松 qīngsōng 自在 zì zai le .

Their flute - like warbling became happy and unrestrained.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
flute
笛子 dí zi bamboo flute笛子 dí zi
警笛 jǐng dí siren警笛 jǐng dí
汽笛 qì dí steam whistle汽笛 qì dí
鸣笛 míng dí to hoot鳴笛
长笛 cháng dí (Western) concert flute長笛
风笛 fēng dí bagpipes風笛
笛卡尔 Dí kǎ ěr René Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher笛卡爾
羌笛 Qiāng dí Qiang flute羌笛 Qiāng dí
竖笛 shù dí recorder豎笛
陶笛 táo dí ocarina (musical instrument)陶笛 táo dí
吹笛者 chuī dí zhě piper吹笛者 chuī dí zhě

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