Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

to hand over; to pass; to give

Chinese: 传递、递交。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “di” becomes a different word in each tone. 递 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 快递kuài dìexpress delivery
  • 传递chuán dìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
  • 递给dì gěito hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
  • 递增dì zēngto increase by degrees; in increasing order; incremental; progressive
  • 递交dì jiāoto present; to give; to hand over; to hand in

Example Sentence

请把那本书递给我。Qǐng bǎ nà běn shū dì gěi wǒ.Please hand me that book.

Qǐngto ask(marks the object)thatběn(bound form) rootshūbookto hand overgěitoI