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谛

dì

Character Traditional 諦

What 谛 means

1. to examine
2. truth (Buddhism)

Example sentences

• 我们的建国理念是“人人生而平等”。几个世纪以来，我们一直在全国乃至世界范围内为实践上述理念的真谛而浴血奋斗。
  Wǒmen de jiànguó lǐniàn shì "rénrén shēng ér píngděng ". jǐge shìjì yǐlái, wǒmen yīzhí zài quánguó nǎizhì shìjiè fànwéi nèi wèi shíjiàn shàngshù lǐniàn de zhēndì ér yùxuè fèndòu.
  We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal, and we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words – within our borders, and around the world.

Words starting with 谛

• 谛听dì tīngto listen carefully
• 谛视dì shìto look carefully

Words containing 谛

• 真谛zhēn dìthe real meaning; the true essence
• 审谛shěn dìto look at sth carefully; to examine
• 揭谛jiē dìrevealer (protective god)
• 四谛sì dìthe Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集灭道
• 四圣谛sì shèng dìthe Four Noble Truths (Buddhism); see also 四谛
• 梵谛冈Fàn dì gāngvariant of 梵蒂冈

Characters built on 帝

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

• 缔dì(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union…
• 蒂dìstem (of fruit)
• 蹄tíhoof; pig's trotters
• 啼tí(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly; (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot…
• 碲dìtellurium (chemistry)
• 啻chìonly (classical, usually follows negative or question words); (not) just

Characters that look like 谛

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

• 博bó(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 滞zhì(bound form) sluggish; stagnant
• 傅fù(bound form) instructor; (literary) to instruct; to attach
• 倚yǐto lean on; to rely upon
• 莆púused in 莆田
• 谏jiànto remonstrate; to admonish

Sounds the same

Read dì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 地earth; ground; field
• 第(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六…
• 弟younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
• 递to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 缔(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union…
• 帝(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
• 蒂stem (of fruit)
• 娣wife of a younger brother
• 睇(literary) to cast a sidelong glance; (dialect) to see; to look at
• 棣Kerria japonica
• 的(bound form) bull's-eye; target
• 哋(Cant.) plural for pronouns