Chinese words starting with “di”
60 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable di. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 15 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial d · final i · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 15
- 2nd tone 2
- 3rd tone 13
- 4th tone 30
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 第一dì yī
first; number one; primary
- 地方dì fangHSK 1
area; place; space; room; territory
- 第二dì èrHSK 1
second; number two; next; secondary
- 地址dì zhǐHSK 4
address
- 地区dì qūHSK 3
local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city)
- 的确dí quèHSK 4
really; indeed
- 敌人dí rénHSK 4
enemy
- 地点dì diǎnHSK 1
place; site; location; venue
- 地球dì qiúHSK 2
the earth
- 地上dì shangHSK 1
on the ground; on the floor
- 弟弟dì diHSK 1
younger brother
- 地铁dì tiěHSK 2
underground railway; subway; subway train
- 地图dì túHSK 1
map
- 底下dǐ xiaHSK 3
the location below sth; afterwards
- 地铁站dì tiě zhànHSK 2
subway station
All 60 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 底 | dǐ | f,n | background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base | |
| 2 | 低 | dī | a,ad,v | low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline | |
| 3 | 第 | dì | m | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just | |
| 4 | 滴 | dī | v,q | a drop; to drip | |
| 5 | 地位 | dì wèi | n | position; status; place | |
| 6 | 地下 | dì xià | s | underground; subterranean; covert | |
| 7 | 地面 | dì miàn | n | floor; ground; surface | |
| 8 | 地板 | dì bǎn | n | floor | |
| 9 | 地震 | dì zhèn | n | earthquake | |
| 10 | 抵抗 | dǐ kàng | v,vn | to resist; resistance | |
| 11 | 抵达 | dǐ dá | v | to arrive; to reach (a destination) | |
| 12 | 帝国 | dì guó | n | empire; imperial | |
| 13 | 低调 | dī diào | n | low pitch; quiet (voice); subdued; low-key; low-profile | |
| 14 | 地狱 | dì yù | n | hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka | |
| 15 | 底线 | dǐ xiàn | n | bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept; (sports) baseline; (sewing) under thread; spy; informer; plant | |
| 16 | 地道 | dì dao | a,n | authentic; genuine; proper | |
| 17 | 地步 | dì bù | n | stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); situation; leeway | |
| 18 | 低于 | dī yú | v | to be lower than | |
| 19 | 地带 | dì dài | n | zone | |
| 20 | 抵押 | dǐ yā | vn,v | to provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral | |
| 21 | 地毯 | dì tǎn | n | carpet; rug | |
| 22 | 弟 | dì | n | younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter) | |
| 23 | 地理 | dì lǐ | n | geography | |
| 24 | 递 | dì | v | to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order | |
| 25 | 低头 | dī tóu | v | to bow the head; to yield; to give in | |
| 26 | 低估 | dī gū | v | to underestimate; to underrate | |
| 27 | 递给 | dì gěi | v | to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb) | |
| 28 | 低下 | dī xià | a,an | low status; lowly; to lower (one's head) | |
| 29 | 抵制 | dǐ zhì | v,vn | to resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate); to reject; resistance; refusal | |
| 30 | 地下室 | dì xià shì | n | basement; cellar | |
| 31 | 堤 | dī | n | dike; Taiwan pr. [tí] | |
| 32 | 低温 | dī wēn | n | low temperature | |
| 33 | 地域 | dì yù | n | area; district; region | |
| 34 | 低价 | dī jià | n,ad | low price | |
| 35 | 地形 | dì xíng | n | topography; terrain; landform | |
| 36 | 抵挡 | dǐ dǎng | v | to resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand | |
| 37 | 递交 | dì jiāo | v | to present; to give; to hand over; to hand in; to lay before | |
| 38 | 地质 | dì zhì | n | geology | |
| 39 | 底层 | dǐ céng | n | ground or first floor; bottom (of a pile); lowest rung (of society) | |
| 40 | 抵御 | dǐ yù | v | to resist; to withstand | |
| 41 | 帝国主义 | dì guó zhǔ yì | n | imperialism | |
| 42 | 地段 | dì duàn | n | section; district | |
| 43 | 低谷 | dī gǔ | n | valley; trough (as opposed to peaks); fig. low point; lowest ebb; nadir of one's fortunes | |
| 44 | 弟子 | dì zǐ | n | disciple; follower | |
| 45 | 地名 | dì míng | n | place name; toponym | |
| 46 | 提防 | dī fang | v | to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); Taiwan pr. [tí fáng] | |
| 47 | 抵消 | dǐ xiāo | v | to counteract; to cancel out; to offset | |
| 48 | 低迷 | dī mí | a,v | blurred (landscape etc); low (spirits); in a slump (economy) | |
| 49 | 抵触 | dǐ chù | v,vn | to conflict; to contradict | |
| 50 | 地下水 | dì xià shuǐ | n | groundwater |
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