堤

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noun HSK 7 #10,760

Measure Word

一条堤 tiáo

Meanings

1 embankment
2 dike
3 levee

Characters

embankment; dike; levee

Examples

河堤在洪水中被冲垮了。

Hé dī zài hóngshuǐ zhōng bèi chōng kuǎ le.

The river embankment was breached in the flood.

他们沿着堤散步。

Tāmen yán zhe dī sànbù.

They took a walk along the embankment.

Tips

memory

The 土 (earth/soil) radical on the left tells you it's made of earth. A dike is an earth wall holding back water.

Stroke Order

堤 dī