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带

dài

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character Traditional 帶 Measure word 条

带 (dài) means "to bring; to carry; belt; band". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 带 means

1. band
2. belt
3. girdle
4. ribbon
5. tire
6. area
7. zone
8. region
9. to wear
10. to carry
11. to take along
12. to bear (i.e. to have)
13. to lead
14. to bring
15. to look after
16. to raise

Example sentences

• 我买磁带。
  Wǒ mǎi cídài.
  I buy tapes.
• 系上鞋带。
  Jìshang xiédài.
  Tie your shoelaces.
• 带他进来。
  Bring him in.
• 带我回家。
  Take me home.
• 带钥匙来。
  Bring the key.
• 我带了花。
  I brought flowers.

Words starting with 带

• 带来dài láito bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
• 带领dài lǐngto guide; to lead
• 带有dài yǒuto have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of…
• 带上dài shàngto take along with one
• 带给dài gěito give to; to provide to; to bring to
• 带走dài zǒuto carry; to take away
• 带回dài huíto bring back; to take back with one
• 带动dài dòngto spur; to provide impetus; to drive
• 带头dài tóuto take the lead; to be the first; to set an example
• 带去dài quto take along with one
• 带子dài zibelt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle; (colloquial) audio or video tape…
• 带队dài duìto lead a team; to lead a group; group leader
• 带宽dài kuānbandwidth
• 带路dài lùto lead the way; to guide; to show the way; (fig.) to instruct
• 带头人dài tóu rénleader
• 带大dài dà(colloquial) to raise (a child or animal) to adulthood; to bring up
• 带电dài diànto be electrified; to be charged; to be live
• 带兵dài bīngto lead troops
• 带劲dài jìnenergetic; exciting; of interest
• 带病dài bìngto be suffering from an illness (often implying "in spite of being sick")…
• 带鱼dài yúribbonfish; hairtail; beltfish
• 带刺dài cìthorny; (fig.) barbed; sarcastic
• 带感dài gǎn(neologism; slang) (of music, visual style, movement or experiences) powerfully engaging…
• 带种dài zhǒng(colloquial) to have character; to have guts; plucky

Words containing 带

• 磁带cí dàimagnetic tape
• 携带xié dàito carry (on one's person); to support (old); Taiwan pr. xī dài
• 温带wēn dàitemperate zone
• 一带yī dàiregion; area
• 地带dì dàizone
• 领带lǐng dàinecktie
• 宽带kuān dàibroadband
• 热带rè dàithe tropics; tropical
• 皮带pí dàistrap; leather belt
• 略带lüè dàito have (an attribute) to a small degree; to have a touch of
• 腰带yāo dàibelt
• 连带lián dàito be related; to entail; to involve
• 录像带lù xiàng dàivideotape; video cassette
• 录音带lù yīn dàiaudio tape
• 附带fù dàisupplementary; incidentally; in parentheses
• 面带miàn dàito wear (on one's face)
• 安全带ān quán dàiseat belt; safety belt
• 绷带bēng dài(loanword) bandage
• 鞋带xié dàishoelace
• 纽带niǔ dàitie; link; bond
• 声带shēng dàivocal cords; vocal folds; (motion picture) soundtrack
• 海带hǎi dàikelp
• 胶带jiāo dàiadhesive tape; magnetic tape
• 佩带pèi dàito wear (as accessories); carry at the waist

Characters that look like 带

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

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 骨gǔbone
• 宰zǎito slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (colloquial) to fleece; to rip off…
• 帚zhǒubroom
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious

Sounds the same

Read dài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 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
• 岱Mt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山
• 埭dam

Where 带 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Travel & Transport (HSK 3), HSK 3 Characters · Set 5 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dài correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.