帝 (dì): emperor
帝 (dì) is a Chinese character meaning “emperor.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 立 (structural) and 巾 (structural). It ranks #612 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 帝 an altar on which a sacrifice is being made. Its radical form 巾 (cloth) appears in many related characters such as 师 (shī, teacher), 帮 (bāng, to help), 常 (cháng, always).
Definitions
- emperor
Etymology & Origin
pictographicAn altar on which a sacrifice is being made
Decomposition: ⿱立巾 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 帝
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上帝 | shàng dì | God |
| 帝国 | dì guó | empire |
| 大帝 | dà dì | heavenly emperor |
| 帝王 | dì wáng | regent |
| 罗马帝国 | luó mǎ dì guó | Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD) |
| 帝国主义 | dì guó zhǔ yì | imperialism |
| 玉帝 | yù dì | the Jade Emperor |
| 帝位 | dì wèi | imperial throne |
| 称帝 | chēng dì | to declare oneself emperor |
| 玉皇大帝 | yù huáng dà dì | Jade Emperor |
| 土皇帝 | tǔ huáng dì | local tyrant |
| 东帝汶 | dōng dì wèn | Timor-Leste (East Timor) |
| 奥斯曼帝国 | ào sī màn dì guó | Ottoman Empire (1299–1922) |
| 第三帝国 | dì sān dì guó | Third Reich, Nazi regime (1933-1945) |
| 帝国理工学院 | dì guó lǐ gōng xué yuàn | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London |
帝 appears in 100 compound words: 21 as the first character, 43 as the last, and 36 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 帝 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (14)
Roman Empire (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)
The Last Emperor, 1987 biopic of Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] by Bernardo Bertolucci
Alternative name for 秦始皇 (Qín Shǐhuáng, “Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China”).
The Last Emperor, 1987 biopic of Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] by Bernardo Bertolucci
Roman Empire (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)
Alternative name for 秦始皇 (Qín Shǐhuáng, “Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China”).
Showing 12 of 14 idioms containing 帝.
Example Sentences
帝王之尊，九五之尊。
Dìwáng zhī zūn, jiǔ wǔ zhī zūn.
The emperor's dignity is supreme.
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. . . lǐ ān 納 dù tián chá dà 熱 dǎo zào yīng 國 yǎn 員 bào lěng fēng dì yī 戰 zài 戰 chéng dà 贏 jiā fù dé 獎 míng 單
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dì guó dà xià tuī chū shǐ shàng shǒu gè ér tóng shēng rì pài duì tào cān , ràng nín . . .
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从来就没有什么救世主， 也不靠神仙皇帝！
Cónglái jiù méiyǒushénme Jiùshìzhǔ, yě bù kào shénxiān huángdì!
There has never been a savior nor an immortal emperor to rely on.
根据圣经记载，上帝用6天创造了世界。
Gēnjù Shèngjīng jìzǎi, Shàngdì yòng 6 tiān chuàngzào le shìjiè.
According to the Bible, God made the world in six days.
在空无一物的地方, 皇帝再大的权力也无用。
Zài kōng wú yī wù de dìfang, huángdì zài dà de quánlì yě wúyòng.
In an empty place, an emperor has no power.
他们扩阔了帝国的领土。
Tāmen kuò kuò le dìguó de lǐngtǔ.
They increased the territory of the empire.
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