HSK 6 · Nature

堤坝 dībà “dam” in Chinese

Traditional 堤壩

What 堤坝 means

  1. dam
  2. dyke
  3. dike

How to say 堤坝

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale堤dī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale坝bà4th tone, falling

堤坝 in a sentence

  1. 堤坝保护了城市免受洪灾。

    Dībà bǎohù le chéngshì miǎnshòu hóngzāi.

    The dam protected the city from flooding.

    Sentence #336074 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 堤坝 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 堤 (dī) with each of its parts in a different colour
堤dīdike
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 是to be · shìSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 是 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with dī.

The character 坝 (bà) with each of its parts in a different colour
坝bàplain; flatland
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 贝 (bèi) hints at the sound. Compare it with bà.

How to write 堤坝

堤 12 strokes · 坝 7 strokes

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

Words related to 堤坝

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FAQs

堤坝 (dībà) means “dam” or “dyke”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dībà: dī with a 1st tone, then bà 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, 堤坝 is written 堤壩. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type diba with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 堤坝 from the suggestions. Typing diba into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
堤坝 is an HSK 6 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.