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迭

dié

Character

What 迭 means

1. alternately
2. repeatedly

Example sentences

• 惠子巧妙地把碗碟迭起再拿到水槽。
  Huì zǐ qiǎomiàodi bǎ wǎn dié diéqǐ zài ná dào shuǐcáo.
  Keiko deftly piles up the dishes and takes them to the sink.

Words starting with 迭

• 迭代dié dàito iterate; (literary) to alternate
• 迭起dié qǐcontinuously arising; to arise repeatedly
• 迭部县Dié bù XiànTêwo, a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州
• 迭部Dié bùsee 迭部县

Words containing 迭

• 忙不迭máng bù diéhurriedly; in haste
• 更迭gēng diéto alternate; to change
• 不迭bù diécannot cope; find it too much; incessantly
• 苦迭塔kǔ dié tǎ(loanword) coup d'état
• 苦迭打kǔ dié dǎ(loanword) coup d'état
• 迷迭香mí dié xiāngrosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
• 叫苦不迭jiào kǔ bu diéto complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly; incessant grievances
• 后悔不迭hòu huǐ bù diétoo late for regrets
• 高潮迭起gāo cháo dié qǐeach new high point replaced by another; (of a movie etc) one climax after another
• 复迭fù diévariant of 复叠
• 重迭chóng diévariant of 重叠
• 层见迭出céng xiàn dié chūvariant of 层见叠出
• 三迭纪Sān dié jìvariant of 三叠纪
• 二迭纪Èr dié jìvariant of 二叠纪

Characters built on 失

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

• 铁tiěiron (metal); arms; weapons
• 跌diēto fall; to tumble; to trip
• 鉄tiěold variant of 铁
• 瓞dié(literary) small melon

Characters that look like 迭

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

• 选xuǎnto choose; to pick; to select
• 适shìto fit; suitable; proper
• 送sòngto send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off
• 迪díto enlighten
• 追zhuīto chase; to pursue; to look into
• 迹jì(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī

Sounds the same

Read dié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蝶(bound form) butterfly
• 叠to pile up; (bound form) repeated; to fold
• 谍to spy
• 碟dish; plate
• 牒(official) document; dispatch
• 喋used in 喋喋; used in 喋血
• 耋aged; in one's eighties
• 鲽flatfish; flounder; sole
• 眣prominent eyes
• 垤anthill; mound
• 堞battlements
• 咥gnaw; bite