笛 (dek6 dek6*2 | di2) : bamboo flute; whistle

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笛

dek6 dek6*2

di2

bamboo flute; whistle

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 竹 (#118)

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

笛

This word has been viewed 5727 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Dec 2010 03:22

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牧童笛 muk6 tung4 dek6*2 mu4 tong2 di2 = recorder (musical instrument)

笛子 dek6 zi2 di2 zi5 = a bamboo flute

卡祖笛 kaa1 zou2 dek6 ka3 zu3 di2 = kazoo

吹笛者 ceoi1 dek6 ze2 chui1 di2 zhe3 = a piper

吹笛的 ceoi1 dek6 dik1 chui1 di2 de5 = a flute player, a piper, to pipe

吹笛 ceoi1 dek6*2 chui1 di2 = piping; pipe

短笛 dyun2 dek6 duan3 di2 = a piccolo

長笛 coeng4 dek6 chang2 di2 = a flute

氣笛風琴 hei3 dek6 fung1 kam4 qi4 di2 feng1 qin2 = a calliope

笛琴 dek6 kam4 di2 qin2 = melodica
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而家冇人聽佢支笛㗎喇粵
No one takes instructions from him anymore.

古典音樂我比較鐘意長笛獨奏粵
As far as classical music is concerned, I prefer solo flute.
[Lit. classical music, I comparatively like flute solo ]

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Decimal representation of this word: 笛
Unicode code for this character: U+7b1b (off-site link)

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