迪 (dí): to enlighten
迪 (dí) is a Chinese character meaning “to enlighten.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (structural) and 由 (structural). It ranks #1431 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 迪 to walk 辶 with purpose 由. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 边 (biān, side), 过 (guò, to pass, past), 还 (hái, still, return).
Definitions
- to enlighten
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTo walk 辶 with purpose 由
Decomposition: ⿺辶由 (layout: surround-from-lower-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迪克proper-noun | dí kè | Dick (person name) |
| 艾迪 | ài dí | Eddie (name) |
| 肯尼迪proper-noun | kěn ní dí | Kennedy (name) |
| 迪斯科noun | dí sī kē | (loanword) disco |
| 泰迪 | tài dí | toy poodle with a teddy-bear cut |
| 麦迪逊proper-noun | mài dí xùn | Madison (name) |
| 迪斯尼proper-noun | dí sī ní | see 迪士尼 |
| 凯迪拉克 | kǎi dí lā kè | Cadillac |
| 迪拜proper-noun | dí bài | Dubai |
| 爱迪生proper-noun | ài dí shēng | Edison (name) |
| 迪士尼proper-noun | dí shì ní | Disney, American entertainment conglomerate |
| 迪伦 | dí lún | (name) Dylan |
| 奥迪proper-noun | ào dí | Audi |
| 布隆迪proper-noun | bù lóng dí | Burundi |
| 启迪verb | qǐ dí | to edify |
迪 appears in 100 compound words: 22 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 49 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 迪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Showing 4 of 5 idioms containing 迪.
Example Sentences
学习迪字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí dí zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "迪" requires repeated practice to write it neatly.
...餐厅卷入高金素梅涉贪案 昔“车内密会潘若迪”险被离婚
. . . cān tīng juǎn rù gāo jīn sù méi shè tān àn xī chē nèi mì huì pān ruò dí xiǎn bèi lí hūn
... The restaurant was involved in Gao Jin Sumei's corruption case, and the former "secret meeting Pan Ruodi in the car" was almost divorced
...平:国盟权力重排,慕尤丁“退而不休”,哈迪“退而不离”?
. . . píng : guó méng quán lì chóng pái , mù yóu dīng tuì ér bù xiū , hā dí tuì ér bù lí ?
... Ping: BN power rearrangement, Muhyiddin "retreats", Hadi "retreats"?
不只换轮胎那么简单:比亚迪详解澳洲车型本地化调校细节,悬架更硬更偏...
bù zhī huàn lún tāi nà má jiǎn dān : bǐ yà dí xiáng jiě ào zhōu chē xíng běn dì huà diào jiào xì jié , xuán jià gēng yìng gēng piān . . .
It's not as simple as changing tires: BYD explains in detail the details of the localization of Australian models, and the suspension is stiffer and more biased...
米兰冬奥|有爱人也有惺惺相惜的对手,王心迪与瑞士选..
mǐ lán dōng ào yǒu ài rén yě yǒu 惺 惺 xiāng xī de duì shǒu , wáng xīn dí yǔ ruì shì xuǎn . .
Milan Winter Olympics|There are lovers and sympathetic opponents, Wang Xindi and Switzerland choos:
王心迪:在自己圆梦的同时,也帮助徐梦桃圆梦了
wáng xīn dí : zài zì jǐ yuán mèng de tóng shí , yě bāng zhù xú mèng táo yuán mèng le
Wang Xindi: While realizing his dream, he also helped Xu Mengtao realize his dream
约翰甘迺迪被安葬在阿灵顿公墓。
Yuēhàn Gānnǎidí bèi ānzàng zài ā líng dùn gōngmù.
J.F. Kennedy was buried in Arlington Cemetery.
迪克弹钢琴露西唱歌。
Díkè tán gāngqín Lùxī chànggē.
Dick played the piano and Lucy sang.
他禁止斯库拉再与易迪尔见面。
Tā jìnzhǐ Sīkùlā zài yǔ Yìdí'ěr jiànmiàn.
He forbade Skura from ever seeing Yidir.
克劳迪欧似乎有点担心。
Kè láo dí ōu sìhū yǒudiǎn dānxīn.
Claudio seemed a little concerned.
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