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戴

dài

HSK 4 Character

What 戴 means

1. to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)
2. to respect
3. to bear
4. to support

Other readings

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

• Dàisurname Dai

Example sentences

• 他戴眼镜。
  He is wearing glasses.
• 我戴手表。
  I wear a watch.
• 把帽子戴上。
  Bǎ màozi dàishang.
  Put on the hat.
• 他戴着手套。
  He is wearing gloves.
• 把眼镜戴上!
  Put your glasses on.
• 汤姆戴眼镜。
  Tom wears glasses.

Words starting with 戴

• 戴上dài shangto put on (hat etc)
• 戴维Dài wéiDavy; Davey; Davie
• 戴尔Dài ěrDell
• 戴维斯Dài wéi sīDavis or Davies (name)
• 戴帽子dài mào zito wear a hat; (fig.) to stigmatize; to be branded as
• 戴高乐Dài gāo lèCharles De Gaulle (1890–1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French…
• 戴胜dài shèng(bird species of China) Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)
• 戴套dài tàoto wear a condom
• 戴表dài biǎoto wear a watch; homophone for 代表
• 戴名世Dài Míng shìDai Mingshi (1653-1713), early Qing writer
• 戴维营Dài wéi yíngCamp David
• 戴克里先Dài kè lǐ xiānDiocletian (c. 245-311), Roman emperor
• 戴维斯杯Dài wéi sī bēiDavis Cup (international tennis team competition)
• 戴奥辛dài ào xīndioxin, carcinogenic heterocyclic hydrocarbon (esp. Taiwan usage)
• 戴绿帽子dài lǜ mào zito have been cheated on by one's partner…
• 戴高帽子dài gāo mào zi(colloquial) to be the object of flattery; to be placed on a pedestal
• 戴盆望天dài pén wàng tiānlit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the…
• 戴秉国Dài Bǐng guóDai Bingguo (1941-), a Chinese politician and professional diplomat
• 戴菊dài jú(bird species of China) goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
• 戴菊鸟dài jú niǎokinglet; bird of Regulus genus
• 戴孝dài xiàoto wear mourning garb; to be in mourning
• 戴安娜王妃Dài ān nà wáng fēiDiana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997)
• 戴安娜Dài ān nàDiana (name)
• 戴月披星dài yuè pī xīngsee 披星戴月

Words containing 戴

• 爱戴ài dàito love and respect; love and respect
• 穿戴chuān dàito dress; to be dressed; clothing; apparel
• 佩戴pèi dàito wear (as an accessory: jewelry, pedometer, ID card etc)
• 拥戴yōng dàito give one's allegiance; (popular) support
• 感戴gǎn dàisincerely grateful
• 推戴tuī dàito endorse (sb for leader)
• 配戴pèi dàito put on; to wear (mouthguard, contact lenses, hearing aid etc)
• 顶戴dǐng dàicap badge (official sign of rank in Qing dynasty)
• 不共戴天bù gòng dài tiān(idiom) (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky; absolutely irreconcilable
• 北戴河区Běi dài hé QūBeidaihe, a district of Qinhuangdao City 秦皇岛市
• 感恩戴德gǎn ēn dài dédeeply grateful
• 穿金戴银chuān jīn dài yínrichly bedecked; dripping with gold and silver (idiom)
• 头戴式耳机tóu dài shì ěr jīheadphones
• 披星戴月pī xīng dài yuèto travel or work through night and day; to toil away for long hours
• 张冠李戴Zhāng guān Lǐ dàilit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head; to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom)…
• 台湾戴菊Tái wān dài jú(bird species of China) flamecrest (Regulus goodfellowi)
• 金冠戴菊jīn guān dài júgoldcrest (Regulus regulus); gold-crowned kinglet
• 金顶戴菊jīn dǐng dài júgoldcrest (Regulus satrapa)
• 金顶戴菊鸟jīn dǐng dài jú niǎogoldcrest (Regulus satrapa)
• 披麻戴孝pī má dài xiàoto wear mourning clothes; to be in mourning; also written 披麻带孝
• 琳·戴维斯Lín · Dài wéi sīLynn E. Davis (1943-), US academic and arms control expert, undersecretary of state…
• 北戴河Běi dài hésee 北戴河区

Characters built on 土

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

• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 载zǎito record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. zài
• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 埃āidust; dirt; angstrom
• 埋máito bury
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
• 哉zāi(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
• 埭dàidam

Characters that look like 戴

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

• 默mòsilent; to write from memory
• 薇wēiOsmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 羁jībridle; halter; to restrain
• 噩èstartling
• 靛diànindigo pigment
• 簌sùused in 簌簌

Sounds the same

Read dài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 带band; belt; girdle
• 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