叠 (dié): to pile up, (bound form) repeated, to fold
叠 (dié) is a Chinese character meaning “to pile up.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 叒 (structural) and 冝 (structural). It ranks #2215 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 叠 clothes 叒 stacked on top of a drawer 冝. Its radical form 又 (again) appears in many related characters such as 友 (yǒu, friend), 又 (yòu, (once) again), 发 (fā, to send out).
Definitions
- to pile up
- (bound form) repeated
- to fold
Etymology & Origin
ideographicClothes 叒 stacked on top of a drawer 冝
Decomposition: ⿱叒冝 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折叠 | zhé dié | to fold |
| 重叠 | chóng dié | to overlap |
| 叠罗汉 | dié luó hàn | human pyramid |
| 叠加 | dié jiā | to superimpose |
| 折叠椅 | zhé dié yǐ | folding chair |
| 层叠 | céng dié | layer upon layer |
| 肠套叠 | cháng tào dié | intussusception (medicine) |
| 层峦叠嶂 | céng luán dié zhàng | range upon range of mountains (idiom) |
| 层见叠出 | céng xiàn dié chū | (idiom) to occur frequently |
| 动词重叠 | dòng cí chóng dié | verb reduplication, used to soften tone or indicate a short action (e.g. 試一試|试一试[shi4 yi1 shi4] or 看看[kan4 kan5]) |
| 态叠加 | tài dié jiā | superposition of states (quantum mechanics) |
| 三叠纪 | sān dié jì | Triassic (geological period 250-205m years ago) |
| 二叠纪 | èr dié jì | Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago) |
| 山峦重叠 | shān luán chóng dié | overlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom) |
| 叠层石 | dié céng shí | stromatolite |
叠 appears in 32 compound words: 34 as the first character, 34 as the last, and 31 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 叠 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
了解叠字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè dié zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origins of reduplicated characters helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
川普全球降税10%叠加MFN仍较差 产发署长:台湾失去比较优...
chuān pǔ quán qiú jiàng shuì 1 0 dié jiā M F N réng jiào chā chǎn fā shǔ cháng : tái wān shī qù bǐ jiào yōu . . .
Trump's global tax cut of 10% superimposed MFN is still poor Director of Industry and Development: Taiwan has lost its advantage...
...11.HK)推七年低息超长贷 海洋网全系叠加最高置换补贴2.1万人币
. . . 1 1 . H K ) tuī qī nián dī xī chāo cháng dài hǎi yáng wǎng quán xì dié jiā zuì gāo zhì huàn bǔ tiē 2 . 1 wàn rén bì
... 11.HK) Push seven years of low-interest ultra-long-term loans The entire Ocean Network system is superimposed with a maximum replacement subsidy of 21,000 yuan
门店扩张叠加经营效率提升 绿茶集团预计2025年利...
mén diàn kuò zhāng dié jiā jīng yíng xiào lǜ tí shēng lǜ chá jí tuán yù jì 2 0 2 5 nián lì . . .
Store expansion and improved operating efficiency Green Tea Group expects profits in 2025...
“涨价”策略失灵叠加“黑天鹅”事件,雀巢忙“瘦身”自救
zhǎng jià cè lüè shī líng dié jiā hēi tiān é shì jiàn , qiāo cháo máng shòu shēn zì jiù
The failure of the "price increase" strategy superimposed on the "black swan" incident, Nestlé was busy "slimming" to save itself
盘核桃、叠衣服、穿烤肠,银河通用春晚机器人是怎么“...
pán hé táo , dié yī fú , chuān kǎo cháng , yín hé tōng yòng chūn wǎn jī qì rén shì zěn má . . .
Plate walnuts, fold clothes, wear grilled sausages, how is the Galaxy General Spring Festival Gala robot"...
“腾”和“乘”是叠韵关系。
"téng " hé "chéng " shì dié yùn guānxi.
'Teng' and 'Cheng' rhyme.
喂，请问现在能给我马上送一叠稿子吗？
Wèi, qǐngwèn xiànzài néng gěi wǒ mǎshàng sòng yī dié gǎozi ma?
Hey, could you send over a stack of manuscripts straight away?
房间的角落里整整齐齐地放着一叠书。
Fángjiān de jiǎoluò lǐ zhěngzhěng-qíqí de fàng zhe yī dié shū.
There was a neat pile of books in the corner of the room.
汤姆把一叠信放在玛丽桌上。
Tāngmǔ bǎ yī dié xìn fàng zài Mǎlì zhuō shàng.
Tom put a stack of letters on Mary's desk.
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