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抵

dǐ

HSK 6 Character

What 抵 means

1. to press against; to support; to prop up
2. to resist; to withstand
3. to be equal to; to match
4. to balance; to offset
5. to mortgage
6. to make up for; to compensate for
7. to arrive at; to reach
8. to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. zhǐ)

Example sentences

• 停止抵抗！
  Tíngzhǐ dǐkàng!
  Stop resisting!
• 他们何时抵达?
  When will they arrive?
• 肯已经抵达京都。
  Ken has arrived in Kyoto.
• 他们抵达了酒店。
  They arrived at the hotel.
• 他昨天抵达东京。
  He arrived in Tokyo yesterday.
• 他今晚将抵达函馆。
  Tā jīnwǎn jiāng dǐdá Hánguǎn.
  He will reach Hakodate tonight.

Words starting with 抵

• 抵达dǐ dáto arrive; to reach (a destination)
• 抵抗dǐ kàngto resist; resistance
• 抵制dǐ zhìto resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate)
• 抵押dǐ yāto provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral
• 抵挡dǐ dǎngto resist; to hold back; to stop
• 抵御dǐ yùto resist; to withstand
• 抵触dǐ chùto conflict; to contradict
• 抵抗力dǐ kàng lìresistance; immunity
• 抵消dǐ xiāoto counteract; to cancel out; to offset
• 抵赖dǐ làito refuse to admit (what one has done); to disavow; to renege
• 抵住dǐ zhùto resist; to press against; to brace
• 抵扣dǐ kòuto deduct (money due)
• 抵债dǐ zhàito repay a debt in kind or by labor
• 抵偿dǐ chángto compensate; to make good (a financial loss)
• 抵充dǐ chōngto use in payment; to compensate
• 抵减dǐ jiǎnto claim a credit against; tax reduction
• 抵用dǐ yòngto exchange for (sth of equal value or utility); to use in lieu…
• 抵罪dǐ zuìto be punished for a crime
• 抵华dǐ Huáto arrive in China
• 抵补dǐ bǔto compensate for; to make good
• 抵账dǐ zhàngto repay a debt in kind or by labor
• 抵用金dǐ yòng jīnstore credit (credit to be spent at a specified retailer)
• 抵拒dǐ jùto resist; to stand up to
• 抵岸dǐ ànto come ashore

Words containing 抵

• 大抵dà dǐgenerally speaking; by and large; for the most part
• 备抵bèi dǐan allowance; to allow for (a drop in value) (accountancy)
• 安抵ān dǐto arrive safely
• 相抵xiāng dǐto balance up; to offset; to counterbalance
• 角抵jué dǐwrestling; to wrestle
• 以身抵债yǐ shēn dǐ zhàiforced labor to repay a debt
• 收支相抵shōu zhī xiāng dǐto break even; balance between income and expenditure
• 不抵抗主义bù dǐ kàng zhǔ yìpolicy of nonresistance
• 折抵zhé dǐto offset
• 次级抵押贷款cì jí dǐ yā dài kuǎnsubprime mortgage
• 挨饥抵饿ái jī dǐ èto suffer from hunger
• 充抵chōng dǐsee 抵充

Characters built on 氐

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

• 低dīlow; beneath; to lower (one's head)
• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
• 邸dǐ(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official
• 诋dǐto defame; to slander
• 坻chíislet; rock in river
• 砥dǐbaffle (pier); whetstone
• 祗zhīrespectful (ly)
• 骶dǐ(bound form) sacrum

Characters that look like 抵

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

• 孤gūlone; lonely
• 抹mǒto smear; to wipe; to erase
• 拇mǔthumb; big toe
• 坻chíislet; rock in river
• 抿mǐnto smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly; to sip
• 柩jiùbier

Sounds the same

Read dǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 底bottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
• 邸(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official
• 诋to defame; to slander
• 砥baffle (pier); whetstone
• 骶(bound form) sacrum
• 牴to butt; resist
• 氐foundation; on the whole
• 柢foundation; root
• 呧vex
• 弤carved bow
• 菧stibene
• 觝to butt; resist