HSK 3 · Verbs

带 dài “band” in Chinese

Traditional 帶

What 带 means

  1. band
  2. belt
  3. ribbon
  4. carry
  5. bring
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • take along
  • girdle
  • tyre
  • area

Measure word 条 tiáo · 一条带 yì tiáo dài

How to say 带

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale带dài4th tone, falling

带 in a sentence

  1. 我给你带了点东西。

    Wǒ gěi nǐ dài le diǎn dōngxi.

    I brought you a little something.

    Sentence #343792 from Tatoeba

  2. 以防下雨你最好带把伞。

    Yǐfáng xiàyǔ nǐ zuìhǎo dài bǎ sǎn.

    You’d better take an umbrella in case it rains.

    Sentence #4760007 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她一直带奶奶去散步。

    Tā yìzhí dài nǎinai qù sànbù.

    She always takes her grandma for walks.

    Sentence #2031416 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 带 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 带 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
带dàiband
  • 卅thirty · sà
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 巾napkin · jīn

Memory aidDrawn from a belt with cloth 巾 hanging from it: a belt, to carry.

How to write 带

带 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

带 (dài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 带 (dài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 带

Words with 带

带来dàilái · to bring (about)系领带jì lǐngdài · to tie a tie带领dàilǐng · to lead携带xiédài · to carry (on one’s person)温带wēndài · temperate zone磁带cídài · cassette tape

More words: Common Verbs

参加cānjiā · participate迟到chídào · arrive late打扫dǎsǎo · to clean打算dǎsuàn · to plan发fā · send out发现fāxiàn · discover放fàng · put关guān · to close

FAQs

带 (dài) means “band” or “belt”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it dài: dài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 带 is written 帶. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 条 (tiáo). For example, one band is 一条带 (yì tiáo dài).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 带 from the suggestions. Typing dai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
带 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.