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

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抵

dai2

di3

[1] sustain; prop; hold; support
[2] resist; withstand; oppose; contradict
[3] offset; substitute; balance; compensate for
[4] arrive at; reach
[5] [粵] worth; cheap
[6] [粵] deserve; serve sb right
[7] [粵] endure; suffer; tolerate

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Additional PoS:

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 character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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

抵買 dai2 maai5 = worth buying 粵

抵打 dai2 daa2 = deserving of punishment 粵

抵死 dai2 sei2 = culpable; blameworthy; deserving of the consequences 粵

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
See all 34 compounds (CantoDict reports 35 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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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: 抵
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