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叠

dié

HSK 6 Character Traditional 疊

What 叠 means

1. to pile up
2. bound formrepeated
3. to fold
4. classifier: stack, pile (of thin objects)
5. classifier for repeated sections in a musical composition

Other readings

叠 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• diévariant of {叠|dié}
• diévariant of {叠|dié}

Example sentences

• 请勿折叠！
  Qǐng wù zhédié!
  Do not fold!
• 她叠好了被子。
  Tā dié hǎo le bèizi.
  She folded the quilt.
• 我在叠我的连衣裙。
  I am folding my dress.
• 他们俩的影子重叠在一起。
  Tāmen liǎ de yǐngzi chóngdié zàiyīqǐ.
  Their two shadows overlap.
• “腾”和“乘”是叠韵关系。
  "téng " hé "chéng " shì dié yùn guānxi.
  'Teng' and 'cheng' are rhyming words.
• 汤姆把一叠信放在玛丽桌上。
  Tom put a stack of letters on Mary's desk.

Words starting with 叠

• 叠加dié jiāto superimpose; to layer; to overlay
• 叠合dié héto overlay; to superpose; to superimpose; to overlap
• 叠层dié céngrepeated layers; stratified; laminated
• 叠放dié fàngto stack; to lay one on top of another
• 叠纸dié zhǐto fold paper; origami
• 叠层岩dié céng yánstromatolite
• 叠层石dié céng shístromatolite
• 叠彩区Dié cǎi QūDiecai, a district of Guilin City 桂林市
• 叠罗汉dié luó hànhuman pyramid
• 叠音钹dié yīn bóride cymbal (drum kit component)
• 叠彩Dié cǎisee 叠彩区

Words containing 叠

• 重叠chóng diéto overlap; to superimpose; to telescope
• 折叠zhé diéto fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
• 堆叠duī diéto pile up; to put layer upon layer; (Taiwan; computing) stack
• 套叠tào diéoverlapping; nesting; to interleave
• 层叠céng diélayer upon layer; tiered
• 积叠jī diéto pile up layer upon layer
• 复叠fù diéreduplication of words or syllables (as a stylistic device in Chinese)
• 覆叠fù diéto overlap; to overlay; cascaded (thermodynamic cycle)
• 态叠加tài dié jiāsuperposition of states (quantum mechanics)
• 折叠刀zhé dié dāofolding knife
• 折叠屏zhé dié píngfoldable screen (for a smartphone etc)
• 折叠式zhé dié shìfolding (i.e. portable)
• 折叠椅zhé dié yǐfolding chair; deck chair
• 动词重叠dòng cí chóng diéverb reduplication, used to soften tone or indicate a short action (e.g. 试一试
• 层见叠出céng xiàn dié chū(idiom) to occur frequently; to occur repeatedly
• 肠套叠cháng tào diéintussusception (medicine)
• 山峦重叠shān luán chóng diéoverlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom)
• 层峦叠嶂céng luán dié zhàngrange upon range of mountains (idiom)
• 重峦叠嶂chóng luán dié zhàngrange upon range of mountains (idiom)
• 三叠纪Sān dié jìTriassic (geological period 250-205m years ago)
• 二叠纪Èr dié jìPermian (geological period 292-250m years ago)

Characters that look like 叠

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount
• 景jǐng(bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation
• 鲁lǔ(bound form) crass; stupid; rude
• 董dǒngto supervise; to direct; director
• 膏gāoointment; paste
• 羡xiànto envy

Sounds the same

Read dié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蝶(bound form) butterfly
• 谍to spy
• 碟dish; plate
• 迭alternately; repeatedly
• 牒(official) document; dispatch
• 喋used in 喋喋; used in 喋血
• 耋aged; in one's eighties
• 鲽flatfish; flounder; sole
• 眣prominent eyes
• 垤anthill; mound
• 堞battlements
• 咥gnaw; bite