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邸

dǐ

Character

What 邸 means

1. bound formresidence of a high-ranking official

Other readings

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

• Dǐsurname Di

Example sentences

• 他住在大宅邸里。
  He lived in a big mansion.
• 在永恒的宅邸拉莱耶，长眠的克苏鲁候汝入梦。
  In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.

Words starting with 邸

• 邸报dǐ bàoimperial bulletin, palace report dating back to Han dynasty

Words containing 邸

• 官邸guān dǐofficial residence
• 府邸fǔ dǐmansion house; official residence
• 宅邸zhái dǐresidence of a high-ranking official
• 私邸sī dǐprivate residence of a high-ranking official (as distinct from an official residence)
• 蛮邸mán dǐforeign mission (in former times); residence of barbarian emissary

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…
• 诋dǐto defame; to slander
• 坻chíislet; rock in river
• 砥dǐbaffle (pier); whetstone
• 祗zhīrespectful (ly)
• 骶dǐ(bound form) sacrum

Characters that look like 邸

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

• 耶yē(phonetic ye)
• 邮yóupost (office); mail
• 郁yù(bound form) strongly fragrant
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…
• 郅zhìextremely; very

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…
• 诋to defame; to slander
• 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