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狄

dí

Character

What 狄 means

1. low ranking public official (old)

Other readings

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

• Dísurname Di; generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (

Example sentences

• 最后，俄狄蒲斯回答了。
  Zuìhòu, édípúsī huídá le.
  Finally, Oedipus replied.
• 「我得买点新衣服了，」狄马想。
  "I really need some new clothes," thought Dima.
• 幸好，在狄马睡觉的小巷外面，刚好有一家阿玛尼。
  Xìnghǎo, zài Dímǎ shuìjiào de xiǎoxiàng wàimiàn, gānghǎo yǒu yī jiā āmǎní.
  Thankfully, there was an Armani store just outside the alley where Dima had slept.
• 为了避开警方的追捕，狄马只好在垃圾箱里过了一晚。
  Wèile bìkāi jǐngfāng de zhuībǔ, Dímǎ zhǐhǎo zài lājīxiāng lǐ guò le yī wǎn.
  Hiding from the police, Dima spent the night in a dumpster.
• 狄马一晚和二十五个男人睡了觉，然后就把他们杀掉了。
  Dí mǎ yī wǎn hé èrshí wǔ gè nánrén shuì le jiào, ránhòu jiù bǎ tāmen shādiào le.
  Dima slept with 25 men in one night and then killed them.
• “别担心，”狄马尝试让店员镇定下来：“那不是我的血。”
  “ bié dānxīn,” dí mǎ chángshì ràng diànyuán zhèndìng xiàlai:“ nà bù shì wǒ de xuè.”
  "Don't worry," Dima attempted to put the woman at ease. "It's not mine."

Words starting with 狄

• 狄仁杰Dí Rén jiéDi Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian…
• 狄公案Dí Gōng ÀnDee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty…
• 狄拉克Dí lā kèP.A.M. Dirac (1902-1984), British physicist
• 狄俄倪索斯Dí é ní suǒ sīDionysus, the god of wine in Greek mythology
• 狄奥多·阿多诺Dí ào duō · Ā duō nuòTheodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969), German sociologist, philosopher…
• 狄更斯Dí gēng sīDickens (name); Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
• 狄奥多Dí ào duōTheodor (name)

Words containing 狄

• 拉狄克Lā dí kèKarl Berngardovich Radek (1885-1939), Bolshevik and Comintern leader, first president of…
• 鲍狄埃Bào dí āiEugène Edine Pottier (1816-1887), French revolutionary socialist and poet
• 俄狄浦斯É dí pǔ sīOedipus, hero of the tragedy Oedipus Rex by Athenian dramatist Sophocles
• 康乃狄克Kāng nǎi dí kèConnecticut, US state (Tw)
• 康涅狄格Kāng niè dí géConnecticut, US state
• 俄狄浦斯期é dí pǔ sī qīoedipal phase (psychology)
• 大唐狄公案Dà Táng Dí Gōng ànThree Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang…
• 阿狄森氏病Ā dí sēn shì bìngAddison's disease
• 俄狄浦斯情结É dí pǔ sī qíng jiéOedipus complex
• 夷狄yí dínon-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China; barbarians
• 阿佛洛狄忒Ā fú luò dí tèAphrodite, Greek goddess of love
• 巴布·狄伦Bā bù Dí lún(Taiwan) Bob Dylan, American folk singer (1941–)
• 查尔斯·狄更斯Chá ěr sī · Dí gēng sīCharles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
• 阿弗洛狄忒Ā fú luò dí tèvariant of 阿佛洛狄忒
• 阿芙罗狄忒Ā fú luó dí tèsee 阿佛洛狄忒

Characters built on 火

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

• 烯xīalkene
• 熄xīto extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench
• 炽chìto burn; to blaze; splendid
• 炙zhìto broil; to roast
• 熠yìto glow; to flash
• 炻shístoneware

Characters that look like 狄

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

• 肚dùbelly
• 肮āngused in 肮脏
• 狙jūmacaque; to spy; to lie in ambush
• 炊chuīto cook food
• 肽tàipeptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
• 朊ruǎnprotein

Sounds the same

Read dí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 敌(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist…
• 迪to enlighten
• 笛flute
• 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