Definition
递 (dì) means to pass something hand-to-hand, like handing a ticket or salt across a table. It's more physical and direct than 交 (jiāo, 'hand in/pay'), and unlike 捎 (shāo, 'bring along to someone'), it implies no middleman — you pass it directly to the receiver.
verb
to hand overto pass (something to someone)to deliver
Easily confused
- 剃tìlook-aliketo shave (hair, beard, head)
- 地dìsound-alike(particle) structural particle for forming adverbials; -ly
- 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.)
- 底dǐsound-alikebottom, base, sole (of a container, shoe, or structure)
- 低dīsound-alike(adjective) low (in height, level, price, temperature, etc.)
- 滴dīsound-alike(verb) to drip
- 抵dǐsound-aliketo press against, prop up, support
- 堤dīsound-alikedike, embankment, levee
Examples
- 。Qǐng bǎ zhè zhāng piào dì gěi tā.Please hand this ticket to him.
- 。Tā dì gěi wǒ yì fēng xìn.He passed me a letter.
- 递？Nǐ néng bǎ yán dì guòlái ma?Can you pass the salt over here?
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