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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dí | di2
English translation
to advance, to enlighten, to make progress

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

To walk  chuò with purpose  yóu

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

辶由

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and yóu represents the sound.

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zhǔ ā , zài 心里 xīn li 默默 mòmò shuì , 但愿 dàn yuàn 真象 zhēn xiàng 弗雷迪· Ā 切尔 kuā de 那样 nà yàng 坚强 jiānqiáng .

Christ, he thought, I wish I were as solid as Freddy Archer thinks I am.

特迪 tān kāi 双手 shuāng shǒu ,好象 hǎo xiàng 怎么 zěnme shuì bìng 那么 nà me 要紧 yào jǐn 似的 shìde .

Teddy raised his hands as if the answer didn't matter.

西班牙 Xī bān yá 建筑 jiànzhù jiā 安东尼 Ān dōng ní · Gāo shì 首先 shǒuxiān 理解 lǐjiě zhè diǎn de .

Antonio Gaudi , a Spanish architect , was the first to understand that.

我们 wǒmen 沿着 yán zhe 麦迪 Mài dí shēng 大道 dà dào guàng 商店 shāngdiàn .

We window - shopped along Madison Avenue.

这次惨败 cǎn bài 更加 gèng jiā 坚定 jiāndìng le 肯尼迪 Kěn ní dí 认为 rènwéi 富米毫无 háowú 能力 nénglì de 看法 kànfǎ .

This fiasco confirmed Kennedy's impression of Phoumi's singular incompetence.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to enlighten
奥迪 Aò dí Audi奧迪
迪斯尼 Dí sī ní Disney (company name, surname)迪斯尼 Dí sī ní
肯尼迪 Kěn ní dí Kennedy (name)肯尼迪 Kěn ní dí
迪拜 Dí bài Dubai迪拜 Dí bài
迪克 Dí kè Dick (person name)迪克 Dí kè
迪士尼 Dí shì ní Disney (company name, surname)迪士尼 Dí shì ní
艾迪 Aì dí Eddie (name)艾迪 Aì dí
启迪 qǐ dí to edify啟迪
麦迪 Mài dí Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player麥迪
凯迪拉克 Kǎi dí lā kè Cadillac凱迪拉克
科特迪瓦 Kē tè dí wǎ Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in West Africa科特迪瓦 Kē tè dí wǎ
迪斯科 dí sī kē disco (loanword)迪斯科 dí sī kē
麦迪逊 Mài dí xùn Madison (name)麥迪遜
比亚迪 Bǐ yà dí BYD Company (company name)比亞迪
巴拉迪 Bā lā dí Mohamed ElBaradei (1942-), Director of International Atomic Energy Agency 1997-2009 and Nobel Peace Prize laureate巴拉迪 Bā lā dí
爱迪生 Aì dí shēng Edison (name)愛迪生

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