HSK 6 · Work

徒弟 túdì “apprentice” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 徒弟 means

  1. apprentice
  2. disciple

How to say 徒弟

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale徒tú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale弟dì4th tone, falling

徒弟 in a sentence

  1. 师傅带了三个徒弟。

    Shīfu dài le sān ge túdì.

    The master has taken on three apprentices.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他是一位老木匠的徒弟。

    Tā shì yí wèi lǎo mùjiàng de túdì.

    He’s an apprentice to an old carpenter.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 徒弟 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 徒 (tú) with each of its parts in a different colour
徒túdisciple; apprentice; believer
  • 彳step · chì
  • 走walk · zǒu
The character 弟 (dì) drawn as one shape
弟dìyounger brother

弟 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 徒弟

徒 10 strokes · 弟 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 徒弟

Words with 徒

歹徒dǎitú · criminal

Words with 弟

弟弟dìdi · younger brother兄弟xiōngdì · brothers

More words: Work & Career

事业shìyè · career手艺shǒuyì · craftsmanship书记shūji · secretary (of a party committee)提拔tíbá · to promote (to a higher post)外行wàiháng · layman委托wěituō · to entrust委员wěiyuán · committee member下属xiàshǔ · subordinate

FAQs

徒弟 (túdì) means “apprentice” or “disciple”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it túdì: tú with a 2nd tone, then dì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 徒弟 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tudi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 徒弟 from the suggestions. Typing tudi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
徒弟 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.