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敌

dí

HSK 5 Character Traditional 敵

What 敌 means

1. bound formenemy
2. bound formto be a match for; to rival
3. bound formto resist; to withstand

Example sentences

• 你是敌人。
  You're the enemy.
• 酒是敌人。
  Alcohol is the enemy.
• 无法靠近敌人
  Wúfǎ kàojìn dírén
  We can't get close to the enemy.
• 他们是仇敌。
  Tāmen shì chóudí.
  They are bitter enemies.
• 她没有敌人。
  She doesn't have any enemies.
• 敌人不靠近。
  The enemy won't get close.

Words starting with 敌

• 敌人dí rénenemy
• 敌视dí shìhostile; malevolence; antagonism
• 敌对dí duìhostile; enemy (factions); combative
• 敌意dí yìenmity; hostility
• 敌机dí jīenemy plane
• 敌军dí jūnenemy troops; hostile forces
• 敌方dí fāngenemy
• 敌后dí hòu(military) the enemy's rear; behind enemy lines
• 敌我dí wǒthe enemy and us
• 敌情dí qíngthe situation of the enemy positions; intelligence about the enemy
• 敌手dí shǒuopponent; substantial adversary; worthy match
• 敌国dí guóenemy country
• 敌地dí dìenemy territory
• 敌害dí hàipest; vermin; animal that is harmful to crops or to another species
• 敌将dí jiàngenemy general; the opposing side's commander
• 敌探dí tànenemy spy
• 敌档dí dàngrival productions (of the same opera in neighboring theaters)
• 敌营dí yíngenemy camp
• 敌特dí tèenemy (agents); (class) enemy
• 敌台dí táidefensive tower; lookout tower; enemy radio station
• 敌阵dí zhènthe enemy ranks
• 敌占区dí zhàn qūenemy occupied territory
• 敌基督Dí jī dūAntichrist
• 敌对性dí duì xìnghostility; antagonism; adversarial; hostile

Words containing 敌

• 无敌wú díunequalled; without rival; a paragon
• 情敌qíng dírival in love
• 杀敌shā díto attack the enemy
• 仇敌chóu díenemy
• 对敌duì díto confront; to face the enemy
• 如临大敌rú lín dà dílit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom); fig. cautious; with great preoccupation
• 天敌tiān dípredator; natural enemy
• 匹敌pǐ díto be equal to; to be well-matched; rival
• 强敌qiáng dípowerful enemy
• 公敌gōng dípublic enemy
• 不敌bù díno match for; cannot beat
• 前敌qián dífront line (military)
• 守敌shǒu díenemy defense; enemy garrison
• 宿敌sù díold enemy
• 应敌yìng díto face the enemy; to meet an attack
• 投敌tóu díto go over to the enemy; to defect
• 抗敌kàng díto resist the enemy
• 政敌zhèng dípolitical opponent
• 树敌shù díto antagonize people; to make an enemy of sb
• 死敌sǐ dímortal enemy; arch-enemy
• 残敌cán díremnant enemy troops
• 资敌zī díto aid the enemy (with arms, ammunition, supplies, money etc)
• 轻敌qīng díto underestimate the enemy
• 迎敌yíng díto go out from one's position to confront the enemy

Characters built on 攵

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

• 孜zīused in 孜孜
• 敉mǐpeaceful

Characters that look like 敌

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

• 政zhèngpolitical; politics; government
• 致zhì(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 救jiùto save; to assist; to rescue
• 敢gǎnto dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
• 舰jiànwarship
• 敕chìimperial orders

Sounds the same

Read dí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 迪to enlighten
• 笛flute
• 狄low ranking public official (old)
• 翟long-tail pheasant
• 涤to wash; to cleanse
• 的really and truly
• 嫡(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶
• 嘀used in 嘀咕
• 荻Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed); used in Japanese names with phonetic value…
• 籴to buy up (grain)
• 篴flute
• 觌face to face