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dài

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dài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dài | dai4
English translation
to borrow; to lend; to pardon

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About dài

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

dài

Contains the radical

bèi

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

money

Etymology of dài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

代貝

Semantic compound

bèi

Phonetic compound

dài

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Bèi represents the meaning and dài represents the sound. Simplified form of dài .

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Words with dài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
贷款 dàikuǎn a loan貸款
dài a loan dài
信贷 xìn dài credit信貸
高利贷 gāo lì dài loan shark高利貸
借贷 jiè dài to borrow or lend money借貸
放贷 fàng dài to provide loans放貸
还贷 huán dài to repay a loan還貸
责无旁贷 zé wú páng dài to be duty bound責無旁貸
严惩不贷 yán chéng bù dài to punish severely (idiom)嚴懲不貸
贷款人 dài kuǎn rén the lender貸款人
农贷 nóng dài (government) loan to agriculture農貸
贷方 dài fāng creditor貸方
贷学金 dài xué jīn student loan貸學金
贷款率 dài kuǎn lǜ interest rate貸款率
乞贷 qǐ dài to beg for a loan乞貸

dài Decomposition & Compounds

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