Usage of the character 堤
dī
堤
[堤]
- dike
- Taiwan pr. (tí)
dī
堤
[隄]
- variant of 堤 (dī)
dībà
堤坝
[堤壩]
- dam
- dike
dī'àn
堤岸
[堤岸]
- embankment
- bank
- levee
nàtí
那堤
[那堤]
- latte (loanword) (Tw)
dīfáng
堤防
[堤防]
- dike
- embankment
- levee
lùdī
路堤
[路堤]
- (road or railway) embankment
juédī
决堤
[決隄]
- (of a watercourse) to breach its dike
- (of dikes) to collapse
hǎidī
海堤
[海堤]
- levee
- dyke
- seawall
fángbōdī
防波堤
[防波堤]
- breakwater
- seawall
- fig. defensive buffer zone
fángcháodī
防潮堤
[防潮堤]
- tide embankment
Xiǎohái Dífáng
小孩堤防
[小孩堤防]
- Kinderdijk, village in the Netherlands with a large network of windmills attracting many tourists
dīlāmǐsū
堤拉米苏
[堤拉米蘇]
- tiramisu (loanword)
dīdǐngdàlù
堤顶大路
[堤頂大路]
- promenade
qiānlǐzhīdī,kuìyúyǐxué
千里之堤，溃于蚁穴
[千里之堤，潰於蟻穴]
- lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
- fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
qiānlǐzhīdī,huǐyúyǐxué
千里之堤，毁于蚁穴
[千里之堤，毀於蟻穴]
- see 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴／千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 (qiānlǐzhīdī,kuìyúyǐxué)