抵 (dǐ): to press against, to support, to prop up, to resist, to withstand, to be equal to, to match
抵 (dǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “to press against.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 氐 (phonetic). It ranks #1118 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 抵 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to press against
- to support
- to prop up
- to resist
- to withstand
- to be equal to
- to match
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 抵
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抵押 | dǐ yā | to provide (an asset) as security for a loan |
| 抵制 | dǐ zhì | to resist |
| 抵挡 | dǐ dǎng | to resist |
| 抵御 | dǐ yù | to resist |
| 抵消 | dǐ xiāo | to counteract |
| 抵触 | dǐ chù | to conflict |
| 抵赖 | dǐ lài | to refuse to admit (what one has done) |
| 抵押品 | dǐ yā pǐn | security (property held against a loan) |
| 抵抗力 | dǐ kàng lì | resistance |
| 相抵 | xiāng dǐ | to balance up |
| 抵债 | dǐ zhài | to repay a debt in kind or by labor |
| 抵偿 | dǐ cháng | to compensate |
| 大抵 | dà dǐ | generally speaking |
| 抵押物 | dǐ yā wù | collateral (finance) |
| 抵罪 | dǐ zuì | to be punished for a crime |
抵 appears in 44 compound words: 73 as the first character, 18 as the last, and 9 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 抵 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
请抵出你的证件，配合我们的工作。
qǐng dǐ chū nǐ de zhèng jiàn , pèi gě wǒ men de gōng zuò .
Please present your identification and cooperate with our work.
六旬汉携$300万犀牛角切片抵港遭海关拘捕 涉进口濒危物种囚两年
liù xún hàn xié 3 0 0 wàn xī niú jiǎo qiē piàn dǐ gǎng zāo hǎi guān jū bǔ shè jìn kǒu bīn wēi wù zhǒng qiú liǎng nián
A sixty-year-old man arrived in Hong Kong with $3 million rhino horn slices and was arrested by the customs and imprisoned for two years for importing endangered species
...上海等热门航线低至200 元宵前后出行最抵
. . . shàng hǎi děng rè mén háng xiàn dī zhì 2 0 0 yuán xiāo qián hòu chū háng zuì dǐ
... Popular routes such as Shanghai are as low as 200 Lantern Festival, and travel around the Lantern Festival is the most cost-effective
...史上的今天/1958年伊朗驻华大使艾兰慕抵台上任
. . . shǐ shàng de jīn tiān 1 9 5 8 nián yī lǎng zhù huá dà shǐ ài lán mù dǐ tái shàng rèn
... Today in History / In 1958, Iranian Ambassador to China Alan Mu arrived in Taiwan to take office
巍巍昆仑之上,有一个个把青春和生命抵押给雪山的人
巍 巍 kūn 仑 zhī shàng , yǒu yī gè gè bǎ qīng chūn hé shēng mìng dǐ yā gěi xuě shān de rén
On the majestic Kunlun, there are people who pledge their youth and lives to the snow-capped mountains
美抵押贷款利率跌破6% 为2022年以来最低
měi dǐ yā dài kuǎn lì lǜ diē pò 6 wéi 2 0 2 2 nián yǐ lái zuì dī
U.S. mortgage rates fell below 6%, the lowest since 2022
他们就快从香港抵达了。
Tāmen jiù kuài cóng Xiānggǎng dǐdá le.
They are arriving here soon from Hong Kong.
一名伟大的战士威力显著，无需抵死奋战。
Yī míng wěidà de zhànshì wēilì xiǎnzhù, wúxū dǐ sǐ fènzhàn.
A great warrior radiates strength. He doesn't have to fight to the death.
狂风暴雨造成她无法准时抵达。
Kuángfēngbàoyǔ zàochéng tā wúfǎ zhǔnshí dǐdá.
The storm prevented her from arriving on time.
他今晚将抵达函馆。
Tā jīnwǎn jiāng dǐdá Hánguǎn.
He will reach Hakodate tonight.
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