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堤

dī
#2,459 most
frequent character
embankment
noun

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

堤 pairs 土, earth, with 是 shì as the sound part, sharing the rhyme. Earth points to the first meaning, a structure that blocks water. It then came to mean dike and embankment.

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Example Sentences

我们去公园的堤上散步吧。
wǒmen qù gōngyuán de dīshàng sànbù bā 。
Let's go for a walk on the embankment in the park.
这个堤保护了村庄免受洪水的影响。
zhègè dī bǎohù le cūnzhuāng miǎn shòu hóngshuǐ de yǐngxiǎng 。
This embankment protects the village from the effects of flooding.
春天的时候，堤上会开很多花。
chūntiān de shíhòu ， dīshàng huì kāi hěnduō huā 。
In spring, many flowers bloom on the embankment.

Same Characters, Different Readings

堤dī
embankment

Words Starting With 堤

堤坝dī bà
dam

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Homophones

HSK 3
低dī
low, beneath, to lower (one's head)
HSK 5
滴dī
a drop, to drip
的dī
a taxi, a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1shi4])
提dī
used in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5]