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堤

dī

HSK 6 Character

What 堤 means

1. dike
2. Taiwan pr. tí

Other readings

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

• dīvariant of {堤|dī}

Example sentences

• 堤坝保护了城市免受洪灾。
  Dībà bǎohù le chéngshì miǎnshòu hóngzāi.
  The bank secured the city from a flood.

Words starting with 堤

• 堤坝dī bàdam; dike
• 堤岸dī ànembankment; bank; levee
• 堤防dī fángdike; embankment; levee

Words containing 堤

• 决堤jué dī(of a watercourse) to breach its dike; (of dikes) to collapse
• 海堤hǎi dīlevee; dyke; seawall
• 路堤lù dī(road or railway) embankment
• 那堤nà tí(Taiwan; loanword) latte
• 防波堤fáng bō dībreakwater; seawall; fig. defensive buffer zone
• 防潮堤fáng cháo dītide embankment
• 小孩堤防Xiǎo hái Dī fángKinderdijk, village in the Netherlands with a large network of windmills attracting many…
• 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué(lit.) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)…
• 千里之堤，毁于蚁穴qiān lǐ zhī dī , huǐ yú yǐ xuésee 千里之堤，千里之堤，溃于蚁穴

Characters built on 是

These share the phonetic component 是 (shì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 提títo carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward
• 题títopic; problem for discussion; exam question
• 匙shiused in 钥匙
• 缇tíorange-red silk; orange-red colored
• 醍tíused in 醍醐
• 鳀tíanchovy
• 鞮dīleather shoes

Characters that look like 堤

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

• 提títo carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward
• 缓huǎnslow; unhurried; sluggish
• 遂suìto satisfy; to succeed; then
• 蒲púrefers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha…
• 焉yānwhere; how
• 舜ShùnShun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader

Sounds the same

Read dī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 低low; beneath; to lower (one's head)
• 滴to drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid)
• 的a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士
• 嘀(onomatopoeia) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc
• 提used in 提防
• 啲some; few; a little (Cantonese)
• 镝dysprosium (chemistry)
• 鞮leather shoes
• 羝billy goat; ram
• 鍉spoon; key
• 氐name of an ancient tribe