狄
Ancient forms
2 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
dí di2
- low ranking public official (old)
- surname Di
- generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
Example sentences
- 「 bié 别 dānxīn 担心 , 」 dímǎ 狄马 chángshì 尝试 ràng 让 diànyuán 店员 zhèndìng 镇定 xiàlai 下来 : 「 nà 那 bùshì 不是 wǒ 我 de 的 xuè 血 。 」"Don't worry," Dima attempted to put the woman at ease. "It's not mine."
Words with 狄
- 夷狄 yídí non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China
- 拉狄克 Lādíkè Karl Berngardovich Radek (1885-1939), Bolshevik and Comintern leader, first president of Moscow Sun Yat-sen University, died in prison during Stalin's purges
- 狄拉克 Dílākè P.A.M. Dirac (1902-1984), British physicist
- 狄奥多 Díàoduō Theodor (name)
- 狄公案 DíGōngÀn Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁杰 (Dí Rén jié) as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee
- 狄更斯 Dígēngsī Dickens (name)
- 狄仁杰 DíRénjié Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends
- 鲍狄埃 Bàodíāi Eugène Edine Pottier (1816-1887), French revolutionary socialist and poet
- 俄狄浦斯 Édípǔsī Oedipus, hero of the tragedy Oedipus Rex by Athenian dramatist Sophocles
- 康涅狄格 Kāngnièdígé Connecticut, US state
- 康乃狄克 Kāngnǎidíkè Connecticut, US state (Tw)