笛 (dí): flute
笛 (dí) is a Chinese character meaning “flute.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺮ (structural) and 由 (structural). It ranks #2459 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 笛 a bamboo ⺮ flute 由. Its radical form 竹 (bamboo) appears in many related characters such as 笑 (xiào, to laugh), 第 (dì, (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth")), 等 (děng, to wait for).
Definitions
- flute
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA bamboo ⺮ flute 由
Decomposition: ⿱⺮由 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警笛 | jǐng dí | siren |
| 笛子 | dí zi | bamboo flute |
| 长笛 | cháng dí | (Western) concert flute |
| 汽笛 | qì dí | steam whistle |
| 风笛 | fēng dí | bagpipes |
| 鸣笛 | míng dí | to hoot |
| 直笛 | zhí dí | (Tw) recorder (musical instrument) |
| 笛卡儿坐标制 | dí kǎ ér zuò biāo zhì | Cartesian coordinate system |
| 笛卡儿 | dí kǎ ér | René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher and author of Discours de la méthode 方法論|方法论 |
| 笛卡尔 | dí kǎ ěr | René Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher |
| 笛沙格 | dí shā gé | Girard Desargues (1591–1661), French geometer |
| 木笛 | mù dí | recorder (musical instrument) (Tw) |
| 迷笛 | mí dí | Beijing Midi School of Music, est. 1993 (abbr. for 北京迷笛音樂學校|北京迷笛音乐学校) |
| 陶笛 | táo dí | ocarina (musical instrument) |
| 羌笛 | qiāng dí | Qiang flute |
笛 appears in 18 compound words: 33 as the first character, 67 as the last, and 0 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 笛 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
笛声悠扬,动人心弦。
Dí shēng yōuyáng, dòng rén xīnxián.
The flute sounds melodious and touching.
竹笛、二胡、琵琶奏响悠扬民乐,“音乐任意门”公益演出准时上演。
zhú dí , èr hú , 琵 琶 zòu xiǎng yōu yáng mín lè , yīn lè rèn yì mén gōng yì yǎn chū zhǔn shí shàng yǎn .
As the melodious sounds of the bamboo flute, erhu, and pipa filled the air, the “Music Portal” charity concert began right on schedule.
影片由黄建新监制,章笛沙执导,黄渤、吴磊、高叶、孙阳领衔主演。
yǐng piàn yóu huáng jiàn xīn jiān zhì , zhāng dí shā zhí dǎo , huáng 渤 , wú lěi , gāo xié , sūn yáng lǐng xián zhǔ yǎn .
The film is executive produced by Huang Jianxin, directed by Zhang Disha, and stars Huang Bo, Wu Lei, Gao Ye, and Sun Yang in the lead roles.
章笛沙坦言,1970年的叙事希望能呈现出近乎纪录片的写实质感。
zhāng dí shā tǎn yán , 1 9 7 0 nián de xù shì xī wàng néng chéng xiàn chū jìn hū jì lù piàn de xiě shí zhì gǎn .
Zhang Dishatan admitted that he hoped the narrative set in 1970 would have a documentary-like, realistic feel.
如果任天堂遵循相同节奏,《时之笛 重制版》则有望在 10 月或 11 月正式发售。
rú guǒ rèn tiān táng zūn xún xiāng tóng jié zòu , shí zhī dí chóng zhì bǎn zé yǒu wàng zài 1 0 yuè huò 1 1 yuè zhèng shì fā shòu .
If Nintendo follows the same schedule, *Ocarina of Time Remastered* is expected to be officially released in October or November.
他有一个疑问——长笛能被带到多高?
tā yǒu yī gè yí wèn — — cháng dí néng bèi dài dào duō gāo ?
He had a question—how high can a flute be taken?
我想学钢琴,吉它或长笛。
Wǒ xiǎng xué gāngqín, jítā huò chángdí.
I would like to learn to play the piano, guitar or flute.
鲍伯和玛丽演奏直笛。
Bàobó hé Mǎlì yǎnzòu zhídí .
Bob and Mary play the recorder.
你会不会教我学吹气风笛?
Nǐ huìbùhuì jiāo wǒ xué chuīqì fēngdí?
Can you teach me how to play the bagpipes?
我希望你练习了你的长笛独奏!
Wǒ xīwàng nǐ liànxí le nǐ de chángdí dúzòu!
I hope you practiced your flute solo!
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