谛 (dì) — (bound form, literary) carefully, attentively (of looking or listening)
Definition
谛 is a literary bound form meaning 'carefully, attentively' — always attached to 视 or 听 (谛视, 谛听), not used alone.
bound form
(bound form, literary) carefullyattentively (of looking or listening)
Easily confused
- 缔dìlook-alike(bound form) to form, to establish, to unite
- 地dìsound-alike(noun) ground, land, floor (as a surface)
- 啼tílook-aliketo cry, to weep aloud
- 第dìsound-alike(prefix) used before a number to form ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.)
- 蹄tílook-alike(bound form) hoof
- 蒂dìsound-alike(bound form) stem (of fruit, flower, melon)
Examples
- 谛，。Tā dì shì zhe yuǎn fāng, ruò yǒu suǒ sī.He gazed carefully into the distance, as if deep in thought.
- 谛。Qǐng dì tīng wǒ de jiǎng shù.Please listen carefully to my explanation.
- 谛。Shī fu dīng zhǔ tā dì tīng fó jīng de měi yí jù huà.The master instructed him to listen carefully to every word of the Buddhist sutra.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 諦; 谛 is its simplified writing.
The traditional form 諦 uses 言 to do with words and 帝 to give the sound; the simplified 谛 is a later shorthand.
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