dì
earth
ground
field
place
land
CL:片[pian4]
dì
(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
order
(old) rank in the imperial examinations
mansion
(lit.) but
just
dī
low
beneath
to lower (one's head)
to let droop
to hang down
to incline
dǐ
background
bottom
base
end (of the month, year etc)
remnants
(math.) radix
base
dǐ
to press against
to support
to prop up
to resist
to equal
to balance
to make up for
to mortgage
to arrive at
to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense)
zhuó dì
to land
to touch the ground
see also 著地|着地[zháo dì]
Dí
surname Di
variant of 狄[Di2], generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
dì
younger brother
junior male
I (modest word in letter)
dí
Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed)
used in Japanese names with phonetic value Ogi
dí
first wife
son of first wife
Yáo
surname Yao
Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
dì
closely joined
connection
knot
Dí
surname Di
generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
dí
enemy
to be a match for
to rival
to resist
to withstand
dí
low ranking public official (old)
Yǒng Lè
Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 硃棣|朱棣[Zhù Dī] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, Temple name 明成祖[Míng Chéng zǔ]
dǐ
sacrum (anatomy)
bone forming the base of the spinal column
Dí Rén jié
Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends
master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]
Xiāng gé lǐ lā
Shangri-La (mythical location)
Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Dí qìng Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhōng diàn] in Tibetan province of Kham
dì
to hand over
to pass on sth
to gradually increase or decrease
progressively
dì
to examine
truth (Buddhism)
dì
wife of a younger brother
dǐ
residence of a high-ranking official
lodging-house
dì
(Cant.) plural for pronouns
shén tàn
master sleuth
lit. miraculous detective
cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯|福尔摩斯[Fu2 er3 mo2 si1] or Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2]
dī
some
few
a little (Cantonese)
dì
to look down upon (classical)
to see
to look at (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 看[kan4]
Tuō lǐ
Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Tǎ chéng dì qū], Xinjiang
Nǚ wá
mythological daughter of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yán dì] who turned into bird Jingwei 精衛|精卫[Jīng wèi] after drowning
wǔ dì
Five Emperors from legendary times
possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them
usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 Xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2], Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
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