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笛

dí

Character

What 笛 means

1. flute

Example sentences

• 汤姆不会吹短笛。
  Tom can't play the piccolo.
• 你会不会教我学吹气风笛？
  Nǐ huìbùhuì jiāo wǒ xué chuīqì fēngdí?
  Can you teach me how to play the bagpipes?
• 我想学钢琴，吉它或长笛。
  Wǒ xiǎng xué gāngqín, jítā huò chángdí.
  I'd like to learn to play the piano, the guitar or the flute.
• 鲍伯和玛丽演奏直笛​​。
  Bob and Mary play the recorder.
• 我希望你练习了你的长笛独奏！
  Wǒ xīwàng nǐ liànxí le nǐ de chángdí dúzòu!
  I hope you practiced your flute solo!
• Bob不仅会弹吉他还会吹笛。
  Bī ob bù jǐn huì tán jítā hái huì chuī dí.
  Bob plays not only the guitar but also the flute.

Words starting with 笛

• 笛子dí zibamboo flute
• 笛膜dí mómembrane which covers a hole in a flute and produces a buzzing tone
• 笛卡儿Dí kǎ érRené Descartes (1596–1650), French philosopher, mathematician and scientist
• 笛卡尔Dí kǎ ěrRené Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher
• 笛沙格Dí shā géGirard Desargues (1591–1661), French geometer
• 笛卡儿坐标系Dí kǎ ér zuò biāo xì(math) Cartesian coordinate system

Words containing 笛

• 汽笛qì dísteam whistle; ship horn
• 鸣笛míng díto hoot; to whistle
• 长笛cháng dí(Western) concert flute
• 警笛jǐng dísiren
• 哨笛shào día whistle
• 木笛mù dírecorder (musical instrument) (Tw)
• 直笛zhí dí(Taiwan) recorder (musical instrument)
• 短笛duǎn dípiccolo
• 迷笛Mí díBeijing Midi School of Music, est. 1993 (abbr. for 北京迷笛音乐学校
• 陶笛táo díocarina (musical instrument)
• 风笛fēng díbagpipes
• 竖笛shù dírecorder (musical instrument); (Taiwan) clarinet
• 羌笛Qiāng díQiang flute

Characters built on 竹

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

• 第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六…
• 籍jí(bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral…
• 篱lía fence
• 笠lìbamboo rain hat
• 笞chīto whip with bamboo strips
• 篪chíbamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes
• 笈jítrunks (for books)
• 箕jīwinnow basket

Characters that look like 笛

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

• 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay
• 窗chuāngwindow
• 筒tǒngtube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
• 筋jīnmuscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin
• 惕tìfearful; respectful
• 笞chīto whip with bamboo strips

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
• 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