Definition
抵 (dǐ) has two main uses: (1) to press against or prop up something, often with one's body or an object — less general than 支 (zhī) 'support' and different from 撑 (chēng) 'prop open'; (2) to resist or withstand pressure, often in the pattern 抵得住/不住, while 抵抗 (dǐkàng) implies active fighting against and 抵挡 (dǐdǎng) means to hold back an attack or temptation.
verb
to press againstprop upsupportto resistwithstandoffset
Easily confused
- 低dīlook-alike(adjective) low (in height, level, price, temperature, etc.)
- 地dìsound-alike(particle) structural particle for forming adverbials; -ly
- 底dǐlook-alikebottom, base, sole (of a container, shoe, or structure)
- 地dìsound-alike(noun) ground, land, floor (as a surface)
- 第dìsound-alike(prefix) used before a number to form ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.)
- 滴dīsound-alike(verb) to drip
- 递dìsound-aliketo hand over, to pass (something to someone), to deliver
- 堤dīsound-alikedike, embankment, levee
Examples
- 抵，。Tā yòng bèi dǐ zhù mén, bú ràng fēng chuī kāi.He used his back to prop the door shut so the wind wouldn't blow it open.
- 抵。Zhè zhǒng cáiliào néng dǐ de zhù yì qiān dù de gāowēn.This material can withstand temperatures of one thousand degrees.
- 抵。Tā yí gè rén dǐ bú zhù nàme duō rén de yālì.He alone cannot withstand the pressure from so many people.
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