递 (dì): to deliver
递 (dì) is a Chinese character meaning “to deliver.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic) and 弟 (phonetic). It ranks #1528 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 递 walk. 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 deliver
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 递
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 递给 | dì gěi | to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb) |
| 邮递员noun | yóu dì yuán | mailman |
| 递交verb | dì jiāo | to present |
| 递送verb | dì sòng | to send (a message) |
| 投递verb | tóu dì | to deliver |
| 速递verb | sù dì | courier |
| 邮递noun | yóu dì | to mail |
| 特快专递 | tè kuài zhuān dì | express mail |
| 递减verb | dì jiǎn | progressively decreasing |
| 呈递verb | chéng dì | to present |
| 投递员noun | tóu dì yuán | courier |
| 专递 | zhuān dì | to make a special delivery |
| 递补verb | dì bǔ | to substitute |
| 递增verb | dì zēng | to increase by degrees |
| 递回verb | dì huí | see 遞歸|递归 |
递 appears in 44 compound words: 45 as the first character, 32 as the last, and 23 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 递 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
请把这份文件递给我，我需要看一下。
Qǐng bǎ zhè fèn wénjiàn dì gěi wǒ, wǒ xūyào kàn yíxià.
Please pass me this document; I need to take a look.
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bǎ mài kè fēng dì gěi guān bīng ! hǎi jūn háng kōng bīng mǒu tuán zēng qiáng kè táng xī yǐn lì
[Translation pending - quota exceeded]
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lián bāng kuài dì qǐ sù měi guó zhèng fǔ yāo qiú quán é tuì hái tè lǎng pǔ jǐn jí guān shuì kuǎn . . .
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汤姆把刀递给了玛丽。
Tāngmǔ bǎ dāo dì gěi le Mǎlì.
Tom handed the knife to Mary.
史蒂芬递给伊莎贝拉一袋薯片。
Shǐ dì fēn dì gěi yī shā Bèilā yī dài shǔpiàn.
Stefan handed Isabella a bag of chips.
圣诞节当天邮局休息，邮件将不予投递。
Shèngdànjié dāngtiān yóujú xiūxi, yóujiàn jiāng bù yú tóudì.
The post office is closed on Christmas day and mail will not be delivered.
请把盐递给我，好吗？
Qǐng bǎ yán dì gěi wǒ, hǎo ma?
Pass me the salt, will you?
能把枫糖浆递给我吗？
Néng bǎ fēngtáng jiāng dì gěi wǒ ma?
Could you pass me the maple syrup?
我把麦克风递给他。
Wǒ bǎ màikèfēng dì gěi tā.
I handed the mike to him.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 辶 (walk) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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