dié
adverb #11,472

Meanings

  1. 1 alternately
  2. 2 repeatedly
  3. 3 in succession

Examples

Shìgù diéchū, bìxū jiāqiáng guǎnlǐ.
Accidents keep occurring repeatedly; management must be strengthened.
Gāocháo diéqǐ, guānzhòng fēicháng xīngfèn.
Climaxes came one after another, and the audience was thrilled.

Tips

usage
often appears in literary or formal compounds: (to emerge repeatedly), 迭起 (to rise one after another), (to alternate/change). It is not the same as (to stack/fold).
mistakes
Don't confuse (repeatedly) with (to fold/stack). They sound the same but have different meanings.

Stroke Order

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