diē = di + e1
dad
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How to pronounce 爹

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= di initial

Di is for Dorothy Gale.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ e1 final

In front of the elevator.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

爹 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
duō = du + o1
many; much / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-
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= fu + Ø4
father
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Characters with 爹 as component

coy / childish
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Words with 爹

(dialect) father / old man / sir
daddy (loanword)
daddy / granddad

Sentences with 爹

爹 currently does not appear in any sentence.

Want to remember 爹 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

diē

dad

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