堤 (dī): dike
堤 (dī) is a Chinese character meaning “dike.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 土 (semantic) and 是 (phonetic). It ranks #2381 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 堤 earth. Its radical form 土 (earth) appears in many related characters such as 在 (zài, to exist), 地 (dì, earth, ground), 场 (chǎng, field, place).
Definitions
- dike
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 防波堤noun | fáng bō dī | breakwater |
| 堤岸noun | dī àn | embankment |
| 堤坝noun | dī bà | dam |
| 决堤verb | jué dī | (of a watercourse) to breach its dike |
| 堤防noun | dī fáng | dike |
| 海堤noun | hǎi dī | levee |
| 路堤 | lù dī | (road or railway) embankment |
| 小孩堤防 | xiǎo hái dī fáng | Kinderdijk, village in the Netherlands with a large network of windmills attracting many tourists |
| 千里之堤，毁于蚁穴 | qiān lǐ zhī dī , huǐ yú yǐ xué | see 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴|千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 |
| 那堤 | nà tí | (Tw) (loanword) latte |
| 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 | qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué | (lit.) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) |
| 防潮堤noun | fáng cháo dī | tide embankment |
堤 appears in 12 compound words: 25 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 堤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这座古堤已经有两千多年的历史了。
zhè zuò gǔ dī yǐ jīng yǒu liǎng qiān duō nián de lì shǐ le .
This ancient embankment has a history of over two thousand years.
夏威夷水坝恐溃堤逾4千人急撤 洪水淹浸街道车辆
xià wēi yí shuǐ bà kǒng kuì dī yú 4 qiān rén jí chè hóng shuǐ yān jìn jiē dào chē liàng
Over 4,000 Evacuated as Hawaii Dam Faces Risk of Breach; Floodwaters Submerge Streets and Vehicles
...千霈生日趴疑复合前男友、小S开工日情绪溃堤痛哭
. . . qiān 霈 shēng rì pā yí fù gě qián nán yǒu , xiǎo S kāi gōng rì qíng xù kuì dī tòng kū
...Qianpei's birthday party sparks rumors of a reconciliation with her ex-boyfriend; Xiaoxi breaks down in tears on her first day back at work
《港楼》火炭星凯堤岸三房1,258万沽 持货不足四年跌价2...
gǎng lóu huǒ tàn xīng kǎi dī àn sān fáng 1 , 2 5 8 wàn gū chí huò bù zú sì nián diē jià 2 . . .
"Hong Kong Building" Fo Tan Xingkai Embankment three-bedroom sold for 12.58 million, holding the goods in less than four years, falling in price 2...
北高雄河堤公园拥绿廊步道优质环境 预售与中古屋房价...
běi gāo xióng hé dī gōng yuán yōng lǜ láng bù dào yōu zhì huán jìng yù shòu yǔ zhōng gǔ wū fáng jià . . .
North Kaohsiung River Embankment Park has a high-quality environment with green corridors and trails, pre-sale and second-hand house prices...
关税战持续 加州长堤港1月进口量年减13%
guān shuì zhàn chí xù jiā zhōu cháng dī gǎng 1 yuè jìn kǒu liàng nián jiǎn 1 3
The tariff war continues, and the import volume of California's Long Beach Port fell by 13% year-on-year in January
堤坝保护了城市免受洪灾。
Dībà bǎohù le chéngshì miǎnshòu hóngzāi.
The bank secured the city from a flood.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 土 (earth) component
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