敵 (dik6 | di2) : enemy; hostile

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敵

dik6

di2

[1] enemy; foe; opponent; rival
[2] hostile; antagonistic; opposing
[3] resist; oppose; stand up to
[3] [v] match; rival; equal

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 攴 (#66)

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

敵 / 敌

This word has been viewed 6569 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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殺敵 saat3 dik6 sha1 di2 = kill the enemy

死敵 sei2 dik6 si3 di2 = arch enemy

敵人 dik6 jan4 di2 ren2 = enemy

無敵 mou4 dik6 = invincible

天下無敵 tin1 haa6 mou4 dik6 tian1 xia4 wu2 di2 = invincible

敵視 dik6 si6 di2 shi4 = to be antagonistic

敵對 dik6 deoi3 di2 dui4 = hostile; combative; bellicose

輕敵 hing1 dik6 = underestimate the enemy

仇敵 sau4 dik6 chou2 di2 = enemy

敵方 dik6 fong1 di2 fang1 = enemy
See all 26 compounds (CantoDict reports 25 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing 1 example containing 敵

講就天下無敵，做就無能為力。
[He] talks as if no one in the world could match him, but when he must act, he is completely incapable.

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Decimal representation of this word: 敵
Unicode code for this character: U+6575 (off-site link)

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