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黛

dài

Character

What 黛 means

1. umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow

Example sentences

• 史黛拉真的死了！
  Shǐ dài lā zhēn de sǐ le!
  Stella really is dead!
• 黛比，你的学校在这附近吗？
  Dài bǐ, nǐ de xuéxiào zài zhè fùjìn ma?
  Debbie, is your school near here?

Words starting with 黛

• 黛安娜Dài ān nàDiana (goddess in Roman mythology)
• 黛绮莉dài qǐ lì(loanword) daiquiri

Words containing 黛

• 林黛玉Lín Dài yùLin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of…
• 奥黛ào dàiao dai (traditional Vietnamese garment)
• 粉黛fěn dàiface powder and eyebrow liner; cosmetics; (fig.) beautiful woman
• 青黛qīng dàiindigo (dye); Indigo naturalis extract (used in TCM)
• 奥黛莉Ào dài lìAudrey; variant of 奥黛丽
• 奥黛丽Ào dài lìAudrey
• 马黛茶mǎ dài chá(loanword) maté (drink)
• 烟花粉黛yān huā fěn dàiwoman; prostitute; lovemaking
• 眉黛méi dàieyebrows (with umber black make-up)
• 史黛西Shǐ dài xīStacy (name)

Characters built on 代

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

• 贷dàito lend on interest; to borrow; a loan
• 袋dàipouch; bag; sack
• 岱DàiMt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山
• 玳dàitortoise shell; turtle

Characters that look like 黛

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

• 蕾lěibud
• 薰xūnsweet-smelling grass; Coumarouna odorata; tonka beans
• 冀jì(literary) to hope for
• 篝gōubamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
• 圜huáncircle; encircle
• 燮xièto blend; to adjust; to harmonize

Sounds the same

Read dài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 带band; belt; girdle
• 戴to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear
• 袋pouch; bag; sack
• 代to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 待to wait; to treat; to deal with
• 贷to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan
• 逮(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 怠idle; lazy; negligent
• 殆(literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh
• 玳tortoise shell; turtle
• 岱Mt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山
• 埭dam