迭 (dié): alternately, repeatedly
迭 (dié) is a Chinese character meaning “alternately.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic) and 失 (phonetic). It ranks #2755 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 迭 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
- alternately
- repeatedly
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高潮迭起 | gāo cháo dié qǐ | each new high point replaced by another |
| 更迭 | gēng dié | to alternate |
| 忙不迭 | máng bù dié | hurriedly |
| 迭起 | dié qǐ | continuously arising |
| 叫苦不迭 | jiào kǔ bu dié | to complain without stopping (idiom) |
| 层见迭出 | céng xiàn dié chū | variant of 層見疊出|层见叠出[ceng2 xian4 die2 chu1] |
| 后悔不迭 | hòu huǐ bù dié | too late for regrets |
| 三迭纪 | sān dié jì | Triassic (geological period 250-205m years ago) |
| 苦迭打 | kǔ dié dǎ | (loanword) coup d'état |
| 二迭纪 | èr dié jì | Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago) |
| 不迭 | bù dié | cannot cope |
| 迭部县 | dié bù xiàn | Têwo, a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu |
| 迭部 | dié bù | see 迭部縣|迭部县[Die2 bu4 Xian4] |
| 重迭 | chóng dié | variant of 重疊|重叠[chong2 die2] |
| 苦迭塔 | kǔ dié tǎ | (loanword) coup d'état |
迭 appears in 18 compound words: 22 as the first character, 39 as the last, and 39 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 迭 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
写好迭字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo dié zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write compound characters correctly, one must master the proper stroke order.
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xiǎo é tōng chǎn pǐn gōng néng dié dài gēng xīn : yǐ quán liàn lù yōu huà zhù lì shāng jiā jīng yíng xiào lǜ tí shēng
Xiaoetong Product Feature Updates: Enhancing Business Efficiency Through End-to-End Optimization
美连翻主导“政权更迭”令北京高度警觉 伊朗战火为川习峰会添阴...
měi lián fān zhǔ dǎo zhèng quán gēng dié lìng běi jīng gāo dù jǐng jué yī lǎng zhàn huǒ wéi chuān xí fēng huì tiān yīn . . .
The United States has repeatedly led the "regime change" to make Beijing highly alert The Iranian war has added gloom to the Trump-Xi summit...
...冲突导致成本上行 AWE将至关注黑电技术迭代
. . . chōng tū dǎo zhì chéng běn shàng háng A W E jiāng zhì guān zhù hēi diàn jì shù dié dài
... Conflict leads to rising costs AWE will pay attention to the iteration of black electricity technology
川普政府逆转立场鼓动伊朗政权更迭 外媒:恐带来更多风险
chuān pǔ zhèng fǔ nì zhuǎn lì chǎng gǔ dòng yī lǎng zhèng quán gēng dié wài méi : kǒng dài lái gēng duō fēng xiǎn
The Trump administration reversed its position and encouraged regime change in Iran Foreign media: It may bring more risks
...K)澄清AI替代传闻:主营业务受益大模型迭代,前三季度收入增36.8%-FX168
. . . K ) chéng qīng A I tì dài chuán wén : zhǔ yíng yè wù shòu yì dà mó xíng dié dài , qián sān jì dù shōu rù zēng 3 6 . 8 F X 1 6 8
... K) clarified the rumors of AI substitution: the main business benefited from the iteration of large models, and revenue increased by 36.8% in the first three quarters - FX168
惠子巧妙地把碗碟迭起再拿到水槽。
Huì zǐ qiǎomiàodi bǎ wǎn dié diéqǐ zài ná dào shuǐcáo.
Keiko deftly piles up the dishes and takes them to the sink.
Character Family
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