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诋

dǐ

Character Traditional 詆

What 诋 means

1. to defame
2. to slander

Example sentences

• 通过诋毁别人，你得不到什么。
  Tōngguò dǐhuǐ biéren, nǐ débùdào shénme.
  You gain nothing by speaking ill of others.
• 通过诋毁别人，你得不到什幺。
  You gain nothing by speaking ill of others.

Words starting with 诋

• 诋毁dǐ huǐto vilify; to slander; vilification

Words containing 诋

• 丑诋chǒu dǐto slander

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…
• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 邸dǐ(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official
• 坻chíislet; rock in river
• 砥dǐbaffle (pier); whetstone
• 祗zhīrespectful (ly)
• 骶dǐ(bound form) sacrum

Characters that look like 诋

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

• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words
• 低dīlow; beneath; to lower (one's head)
• 试shìto test; to try; experiment
• 诚chéng(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 讽fěngto satirize; to mock; to recite
• 诅zǔcurse; swear (oath)

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…
• 抵to press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 邸(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official
• 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