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岱

Dài

Character

What 岱 means

1. Mt Tai in Shandong
2. same as 泰山

Words starting with 岱

• 岱宗Dài zōnganother name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred…
• 岱庙Dài miàoDai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai
• 岱山县Dài shān XiànDaishan, a county in Zhoushan City 舟山市
• 岱岳区Dài yuè QūDaiyue, a district of Tai'an City 泰安市
• 岱山Dài shānsee 岱山县
• 岱岳Dài yuèsee 岱岳区

Words containing 岱

• 张岱Zhāng DàiZhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
• 海岱Hǎi dàiHaidai, historical region extending from the Bohai Sea to Mt Tai in Shandong
• 王岱舆Wáng Dài yúWang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
• 鸿毛泰岱hóng máo tài dàilight as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a…

Characters built on 代

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

• 贷dàito lend on interest; to borrow; a loan
• 袋dàipouch; bag; sack
• 黛dàiumber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
• 玳dàitortoise shell; turtle

Characters that look like 岱

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

• 型xíngmold; type; style
• 侦zhēnto scout; to spy; to detect
• 窃qièto steal; secretly; (humble) I
• 荫yīn(bound form) shade (of a tree)
• 俑yǒngwooden figures buried with the dead
• 峦luánmountain ranges

Sounds the same

Read Dài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 带band; belt; girdle
• 戴to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear
• 袋pouch; bag; sack
• 代to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 待to wait; to treat; to deal with
• 贷to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan
• 逮(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 怠idle; lazy; negligent
• 黛umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
• 殆(literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh
• 玳tortoise shell; turtle
• 埭dam