迭
alternately; repeatedly
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,461 U+8FED
How 迭 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 失 (phonetic, shī)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 失
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 失 (shī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 失 sound component | shī | to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect |
| 铁 | tiě | iron; strong, solid, firm |
| 秩 | zhì | order; ordered |
| 帙 | zhì | book jacket; satchel, bag |
| 轶 | yì | to surpass, to overtake, to excel |
| 泆 | yì | to overflow; licentious, libertine, dissipated |
| 瓞 | dié | young melon |
| 袟 | zhì | bag, satchel; book cover |
| 鉄 | tiě | iron; strong, solid, firm |
Words containing 迭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 层见迭出 | céng xiàn dié chū | variant of 層見疊出|层见叠出[ceng2 xian4 die2 chu1] |
| 迭部县 | Dié bù Xiàn | Têwo, a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi… |
| 高潮迭起 | gāo cháo dié qǐ | each new high point replaced by another; (of a movie etc) one climax after another |
| 苦迭打 | kǔ dié dǎ | (loanword) coup d'état |
| 叫苦不迭 | jiào kǔ bu dié | to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly; incessant grievances |
| 苦迭塔 | kǔ dié tǎ | (loanword) coup d'état |
| 后悔不迭 | hòu huǐ bù dié | too late for regrets |
| 三迭纪 | Sān dié jì | variant of 三疊紀|三叠纪[San1 die2 ji4] |
| 二迭纪 | Èr dié jì | variant of 二疊紀|二叠纪[Er4 die2 ji4] |
| 迷迭香 | mí dié xiāng | rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) |
| 不迭 | bù dié | cannot cope; find it too much; incessantly |
| 重迭 | chóng dié | variant of 重疊|重叠[chong2 die2] |
| 迭代 | dié dài | to iterate; (literary) to alternate |
| 迭起 | dié qǐ | continuously arising; to arise repeatedly |
| 迭部 | Dié bù | see 迭部縣|迭部县[Die2 bu4 Xian4] |
| 复迭 | fù dié | variant of 複疊|复叠[fu4 die2] |
| 复迭 | fù dié | variant of 覆疊|覆叠[fu4 die2] |
| 忙不迭 | máng bù dié | hurriedly; in haste |
| 更迭 | gēng dié | to alternate; to change |