迪
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dí · to advance, to enlighten, to make progress

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8Total strokes

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Lower-left enclosureCharacter structure

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辶Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 迪

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díWords pronounced dí
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Example sentences

Notice where 迪 sits in each complete thought.

Dāng tā hái shì gè xué shēng shí, tā zhī qù guò dí tīng yí cì.当他还是个学生时,他只去过迪厅一次。

When he was a student, he went to the disco only once.

Source: Tatoeba #1408091 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ài dí shēng bú shì gè yōu xiù de xué shēng.爱迪生不是个优秀的学生。

Edison was not a bright student.

Source: Tatoeba #333854 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā yòng tā de dí jí lǐ dù guǎn gōu yǐn le tā.他用他的迪吉里杜管勾引了她。

He seduced her with his didgeridoo.

Source: Tatoeba #816905 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhǎo dào fǎ dí lè bìng bù nán.找到法迪勒并不难。

Finding Fadil isn't hard.

Source: Tatoeba #6114747 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Mǎ dí lā shì jiǔ de míng zì.馬迪拉是酒的名字。

Madeira is the name of a wine.

Source: Tatoeba #458157 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè ràng fǎ dí ěr xià dé bù qīng.这让法迪尔吓得不轻。

This made Fadil terrified.

Source: Tatoeba #13897748 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 迪 in context

  1. Say dí, then recall the core meaning: to advance, to enlighten, to make progress.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the lower-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Use it in 启迪 (qǐ dí), meaning “to edify”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 迪 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.