抵 (dai2 | di3) : resist; offset; reach

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抵

dai2

di3

[1] [v] resist; deny; withstand; oppose
[2] [v] offset; substitute; balance; compensate
[3] [v] reach; arrive at
[4] [v] sustain; prop; hold; support
[5] [粵] [v/adj] worth; deserve; cheap
[6] [粵] [v] endure; suffer; tolerate

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

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

抵

Don't confuse with:
低扺

This word has been viewed 10501 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Jul 2017 02:58

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抵賴 dai2 laai6 di3 lai4 = deny; disavow; renege on

好抵 hou2 dai2 = very cheap; very low-priced 粵

抵買 dai2 maai5 = worth buying 粵

抵惜 dai2 sek3 = lovable; likeable; cuddly 粵

抵打 dai2 daa2 = deserving of punishment 粵

抵死 dai2 sei2 di3 si3 = serves one right; funny and sarcastic

抵抗 dai2 kong3 di3 kang4 = to resist; resistance

抵力 dai2 lik6 = strenuous; laborious; entail strenuous effort; be a strain 粵

抵達 dai2 daat6 di3 da2 = to arrive; to reach

抵制 dai2 zai3 di3 zhi4 = refusal; to resist; to boycott; to refuse to cooperate

抵押 dai2 aat3 di3 ya1 = mortgage

死慳死抵 sei2 haan1 sei2 dai2 = goes all out to save 粵

抵觸 dai2 zuk1 = conflict; contradict; clash; collide; interfere

抵得上 dai2 dak1 soeng5 = equal, equal in excellence, rival

不抵抗主義 bat1 dai2 kong3 zyu2 ji6 bu4 di3 kang4 zhu3 yi4 = policy of nonresistance 國

不能抵抗 bat1 nang4 dai2 kong3 bu4 neng2 di3 kang4 = irresistible 國

抵消 dai2 siu1 di3 xiao1 = offset; counteract; cancel out

抵抗力 dai2 kong3 lik6 di3 kang4 li4 = resistance; immunity

再抵押 zoi3 dai2 aat3 zai4 di3 ya1 = remortgage

抵禦 dai2 jyu6 di3 yu4 = to resist

抵得諗 dai2 dak1 nam2 = generous, willing to do more than one needs 粵

抵到爛 dai2 dou3 laan6 = at a very cheap price

抵押貸款 dai2 aat3 taai3 fun2 di3 ya1 dai4 kuan3 = [n] mortgage loan (common formation)

心甘命抵 sam1 gam1 meng6 dai2 xin1 gan1 ming4 di3 = to perfectly happy to do; most willing to do

抵諗 dai2 nam2 = willing to suffer a loss 粵

唔抵 m4 dai2 = to be unworthy 粵

抵手 dai2 sau2 = able, capable, competent 粵

大抵 daai6 dai2 da4 di3 = generally speaking; in the main; on the whole

抵債 dai2 zaai3 di3 zhai4 = to offset debt; to pay a debt in kind or by labor

捱更抵夜 ngaai4 gaang1 dai2 ye6 ai2 geng1 di3 ye4 = [1] stay up all night [2] go to bed late and get up early 粵

抵冷貪瀟湘 dai2 laang5 taam1 siu1 soeng1 = vain, beauty over comfort 粵

飛抵 fei1 dai2 fei1 di3 = to arrive by air; to arrive by plane

抵食 dai2 sik6 = cheap meal, eat for a low price 粵

抵擋 dai2 dong2 di3 dang3 = resist

抵埗 dai2 bou6 di3 bu4 = arrive 粵

暗啞抵 am3 aa2 dai2 = suffer in silence 粵

食得鹹魚抵得渴 sik6 dak1 haam4 jyu4 dai2 dak1 hot3 = One must bear the consequences of one's own choice. 粵

聯邦抵押協會 lyun4 bong1 dai2 aat3 hip3 wui6*2 lian2 bang1 di3 ya1 xie2 hui4 = Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae, FNMA)

聯邦住宅抵押公司 lyun4 bong1 zyu6 zaak6*2 dai2 aat3 gung1 si1 lian2 bang1 zhu4 zhai2 di3 ya1 gong1 si1 = Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac, FHLMC)

唔抵得 m4 dai2 dak1 = cannot bear with; find intolerable 粵

Showing 1 example containing 抵

一蚊一隻雞好抵買。粵
One dollar for a chicken is so worth buying it.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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