帝 (dai3 | di4) : emperor; god

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帝

dai3

di4

[1] emperor; supreme ruler
[2] god; supreme being; deified being
[3] imperial; imperialism

Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 巾 (#50)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

帝

Don't confuse with:
帶

This word has been viewed 10848 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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光緒帝 gwong1 seoi5 dai3 guang1 xu4 di4 = Guangxu Emperor of Qing Dynasty

小皇帝 siu2 wong4 dai3 xiao3 huang2 di4 = "little emperor": only male child

帝國 dai3 gwok3 di4 guo2 = empire

皇帝 wong4 dai3 huang2 di4 = emperor

帝國主義 dai3 gwok3 zyu2 ji6 di4 guo2 zhu3 yi4 = imperialism

上帝 soeng6 dai3 shang4 di4 = God

帝制 dai3 zai3 = imperialism

北帝 bak1 dai3 = Beidi (lit. "Northern Emperor")

帝王 dai3 wong4 di4 wang2 = regal

帝王企鵝 dai3 wong4 kei5 ngo4*2 di4 wang2 qi3 e2 = emperor penguin

俄羅斯帝國 ngo4 lo4 si1 dai3 gwok3 e2 luo2 si1 di4 guo2 = the Russian Empire

兒皇帝 ji4 wong4 dai3 er2 huang2 di4 = puppet emperor

土皇帝 tou2 wong4 dai3 tu3 huang2 di4 = local despot; local tyrant

山高皇帝遠 saan1 gou1 wong4 dai3 jyun5 shan1 gao1 huang2 di4 yuan3 = while the cat is away, the mice will play

帝位 dai3 wai6 di4 wei4 = the title of Emperor

帝后 dai3 hau6 di4 hou4 = empress; imperial consort

大英帝國 daai6 jing1 dai3 gwok3 da4 ying1 di4 guo2 = British Empire

大日本帝國 daai6 jat6 bun2 dai3 gwok3 da4 ri4 ben3 di4 guo2 = Empire of Japan

封帝 fung1 dai3 feng1 di4 = to be conferred the title of emperor

王帝 wong4 dai3 = king

東帝汶 dung1 dai3 man6 dong1 di4 wen4 = Timor-Leste (East Timor)

紐約帝國大廈 nau2 joek3 dai3 gwok3 daai6 haa6 niu3 yue1 di4 guo2 da4 sha4 = Empire State Building

第三帝國 dai6 saam1 dai3 gwok3 = The Third Reich

奧斯曼帝國 ou3 si1 maan6 dai3 gwok3 ao4 si1 man4 di4 guo2 = Ottoman empire

帝國大廈 dai3 gwok3 daai6 haa6 di4 guo2 da4 sha4 = Empire State Building

神聖羅馬帝國 san4 sing3 lo4 maa5 dai3 gwok3 shen2 sheng4 luo2 ma3 di4 guo2 = the Holy Roman empire (hist.) (common formation)

羅馬帝國 lo4 maa5 dai3 gwok3 luo2 ma3 di4 guo2 = Roman Empire (common formation)

加拿大帝國商業銀行 gaa1 naa4 daai6 dai3 gwok3 soeng1 jip6 ngan4 hong4 = Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (common formation)

現金是皇帝 jin6 gam1 si6 wong4 dai3 xian4 jin1 shi4 huang2 di4 = "cash is king" 國

黃帝 wong4 dai3 huang2 di4 = The Yellow Emperor, Huangdi

帝祚 dai3 zou6 di4 zuo4 = the emperor's throne

秦始皇帝 ceon4 ci2 wong4 dai3 qin2 shi3 huang2 di4 = Qin Shihuang, the First Emperor 259-210 BC

關帝 gwaan1 dai3 guan1 di4 = Guan Yu (military general under Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 帝
Unicode code for this character: U+5e1d (off-site link)

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