敌 (dí): (bound form) enemy, (bound form) to be a match for, to rival, (bound form) to resist, to withstand
敌 (dí) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) enemy.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 舌 (structural) and 攵 (semantic). It ranks #523 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 敌 strike. Its radical form 攵 (rap) appears in many related characters such as 放 (fàng, to put, to release), 教 (jiào, (bound form) to teach), 收 (shōu, to receive).
Definitions
- (bound form) enemy
- (bound form) to be a match for
- to rival
- (bound form) to resist
- to withstand
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 敌
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无敌adjective | wú dí | unequalled |
| 敌意noun | dí yì | enmity |
| 敌军noun | dí jūn | enemy troops |
| 敌对adjective | dí duì | hostile |
| 敌方noun | dí fāng | enemy |
| 敌机noun | dí jī | enemy plane |
| 树敌verb | shù dí | to antagonize people |
| 公敌noun | gōng dí | public enemy |
| 仇敌noun | chóu dí | enemy |
| 死敌noun | sǐ dí | mortal enemy |
| 势均力敌phrase | shì jūn lì dí | (idiom) evenly matched |
| 杀敌verb | shā dí | to attack the enemy |
| 所向无敌phrase | suǒ xiàng wú dí | to be invincible |
| 敌视verb | dí shì | hostile |
| 情敌noun | qíng dí | rival in love |
敌 appears in 81 compound words: 38 as the first character, 49 as the last, and 12 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 敌 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (14)
Showing 12 of 14 idioms containing 敌.
Example Sentences
敌字由10笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
dí zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "敌" consists of ten strokes, with a remarkably ingenious structure.
的士车队难敌网约平台 业界洽谈高德滴滴“挂单”求生
de shì chē duì nán dí wǎng yuē píng tái yè jiè qià tán gāo dé dī dī guà dān qiú shēng
The taxi fleet is difficult to compete with the online ride-hailing platform, and the industry negotiates AutoNavi Didi's "pending order" to survive
伊朗武装部队总参谋长:敌人试图以“战略消耗”动摇体制、打击民众士...
yī lǎng wǔ zhuāng bù duì zǒng cān móu cháng : dí rén shì tú yǐ zhàn lüè xiāo hào dòng yáo tǐ zhì , dǎ jī mín zhòng shì . . .
Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces: The enemy is trying to shake the system and attack the people with "strategic attrition"...
LUNA SEA官方公布鼓手真矢不敌病情离世 享年56岁
L U N A S E A guān fāng gōng bù gǔ shǒu zhēn shǐ bù dí bìng qíng lí shì xiǎng nián 5 6 suì
LUNA SEA officially announced that drummer Maya passed away at the age of 56
“周秀娜劲敌”瑜伽租场发生意外 学生整亲头索5万心灵...
zhōu xiù 娜 jìn dí 瑜 伽 zū chǎng fā shēng yì wài xué shēng zhěng qīn tóu suǒ 5 wàn xīn líng . . .
"Zhou Xiuna's fierce rival" yoga rental had an accident, and the students asked for 50,000 souls...
癌症是人类的大敌。
áizhèng shì rénlèi de dà dí.
Cancer is a great enemy of humanity.
敌方投下炸弹，把工厂炸毁了。
Dífāng tóu xià zhàdàn, bǎ gōngchǎng zhá huǐ le.
The enemy dropped bombs on the factory.
熬夜是皮肤的大敌。
áoyè shì pífū de dà dí.
Staying up late is terrible for your skin.
你和汤姆是敌人吗？
Nǐ hé Tāngmǔ shì dírén ma?
Are you and Tom enemies?
敌人对我们发起了攻击。
Dírén duì wǒmen fāqǐ le gōngjī.
The enemy has attacked us.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 攵 (strike) component
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