Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

fold up; repeat

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “die” becomes a different word in each tone. 叠 is the 2nd 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

  • 重叠chóng diéto overlap; to superimpose; to telescope; to run together
  • 折叠zhé diéto fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
  • 叠加dié jiāto superimpose; to layer; to overlay; to superpose
  • 叠合dié héto overlay; to superpose; to superimpose; to overlap
  • 叠放dié fàngto stack; to lay one on top of another

Example Sentence

妈妈把洗好的衣服叠得整整齐齐。Mā ma bǎ xǐ hǎo de yī fu dié de zhěng zhěng qí qí.Mom folded the washed clothes neatly.

妈妈Mā mamama(marks the object)to washhǎogooddeof衣服yī fuclothesdiéto pile upde(verb complement)整整齐齐zhěng zhěng qí qíneat and tidy