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How to Use 敌

敌 as a prefix meaning 'enemy' or 'hostile'

The character 敌 appears at the beginning of a word to indicate enemy or hostility.

敌人 • dí rén • enemy; foe • HSK 5

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5.

Example Sentences

liǎng两

guó国

zhī之

jiān间

de的

dí敌

duì

Information

Pinyindí

Meaningenemy, foe, opponent

Strokes10

Radical攵

Traditional敵

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#1276

Zhuyinㄉㄧˊ

UnicodeU+654C

CangjieYRHHI

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dí敌

rén人

enemy; foe

敌视 • dí shì • be hostile to; be antagonistic to • HSK 6

HSK 6

dí敌

shì视

be hostile to; be antagonistic to

敌 as a suffix meaning 'enemy' or 'opponent'

The character 敌 appears at the end of a word to indicate an enemy or rival.

天敌 • tiān dí • natural enemy • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

tiān天

dí敌

natural enemy

无敌 • wú dí • Invincible / unbeatable • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

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wú无

dí敌

Invincible / unbeatable

对

qíng情

xù绪

zhèng正

zài在

shēng升

jí级

。

Hostile sentiments between the two countries are escalating.

Tā他

men们

liǎng两

jiā家

shì是

duō多

nián年

de的

sǐ死

dí敌

。

Their two families have been mortal enemies for years.

wǒ我

men们

yào要

jǐng警

tì惕

yǐn隐

cáng藏

de的

dí敌

rén人

。

We must be vigilant against hidden enemies.

zhè这

zhī支

jūn军

duì队

zài在

lì历

shǐ史

shàng上

jī几

hū乎

wú无

dí敌

。

This army was almost invincible in history.

Léi雷

dá达

fā发

xiàn现

le了

dí敌

jī机

。

Radar detected enemy aircraft.

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Characters pronounced "di".

邸dǐofficial residence, residence of
嫡dílegal wife, child of legal wife
狄dítribe from northern china; surnam
荻díreed; Miscanthus grass
诋dǐslander, comdemn, reproach
谛dìcareful, attentive

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Characters with radical "攵".

敝bìbreak, destroy; broken, tattered
敖áoramble, play about; leisurely; surname
攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
敛liǎnto gather, collect, or restrain
敞chǎngspacious, open, wide
故gùreason, cause; old, former

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