笛子
dí zi
Pinyin

Definition

笛子
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dí zi
  1. bamboo flute
  2. CL:管[guǎn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
女子
nǚ zǐ
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 female
妻子
qī zǐ
  1. 1 wife and children
子
zǐ
  1. 1 son
  2. 2 child
  3. 3 seed
  4. 4 egg
  5. 5 small thing
  6. 6 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
  7. 7 Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  8. 8 ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
孩子
hái zi
  1. 1 child

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel
仁人君子
rén rén jūn zǐ
  1. 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person

Sample Sentences

吹笛子
chuī dízi
to play flute
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你看那边，他们在吹笛子。
nǐ kàn nàbiān ，tāmen zài chuī dízi 。
Look over there. They're playing the bamboo flute.
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不是。横吹的是笛子，竖吹的是箫。你再看那边，他们在打鼓！
bùshì 。héng chuī de shì dízi ，shù chuī de shì xiāo 。nǐ zài kàn nàbiān ，tāmen zài dǎgǔ ！
No. The one played horizontally is called a 'dizi' and the one played vertically is called a 'xiao'. Now look over there. They're playing the drums!
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哦。长的，短的都是笛子吗？
ò 。cháng de ，duǎn de dōu shì dízi ma ？
Wow. The long ones and the short ones are both bamboo flutes?
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我明明听到很清楚的笛子声......
wǒ míngmíng tīngdào hěn qīngchu de dízi shēng ......
I definitely clearly heard the sound of a flute...
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哎，刚刚是什么声音啊？是笛子吗？
āi ，gānggāng shì shénme shēngyīn a ？shì dízi ma ？
Ah? What was that noise? A flute?
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笛子？我女朋友失踪前也听到过。
dízi ？wǒ nǚpéngyou shīzōng qián yě tīngdào guo 。
A flute? My girlfriend also heard one before she disappeared.
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没有，什么都没有。哦，我想起来了！他说听到笛子的声音。但是我什么也没听到。
méiyǒu ，shénme dōu méiyǒu 。ō ，wǒ xiǎng qǐlai le ！tā shuō tīngdào dízi de shēngyīn 。dànshì wǒ shénme yě méi tīngdào 。
No, he didn't say anything. Oh, now I remember! He said he heard the sound of a flute. But I didn't hear anything.
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