Chinese symbol for “dike”
堤
dī
dike; Taiwan pr. [ti2]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dike is 堤 (dī), defined as: dike; Taiwan pr. [ti2].
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dike”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堤防 | dī fáng | dike; embankment |
| 圩 | wéi | dike |
| 埽 | sào | dike; old variant of 扫 (sào) |
| 水坝 (水壩) | shuǐ bà | dam; dike |
| 坝 (壩) | bà | dam; dike; embankment |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 堤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堤防 | dī fáng | dike; embankment |
| 堤坝 (堤壩) | dī bà | dam; dike |
| 决堤 (決隄) | jué dī | (of a watercourse) to breach its dike; (of dikes) to collapse |
| 堤岸 | dī àn | embankment; bank |
| 防波堤 | fáng bō dī | breakwater; seawall |
| 海堤 | hǎi dī | levee; dyke |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dike”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.