弟 (dì) means Younger brother. Below are 20 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我 弟 弟 今年八岁。
Wǒ dìdi jīnnián bā suì.
My younger brother is eight this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 弟弟
我 弟 弟 上三年级。
Wǒ dìdi shàng sān niánjí.
My younger brother is in the third grade.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 年级
弟 弟 每天下午打篮球。
Dìdi měi tiān xiàwǔ dǎ lánqiú.
My younger brother plays basketball every afternoon.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 打篮球
弟 弟 喜欢和我一起玩。
Dìdi xǐhuan hé wǒ yìqǐ wán.
My younger brother likes playing with me.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 弟弟
那个男孩子是我 弟 弟 。
Nàge nán háizi shì wǒ dìdi.
That boy is my younger brother.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 男
弟 弟 的个子比我还高。
Dìdi de gèzi bǐ wǒ hái gāo.
My younger brother is even taller than me.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 个子
他们兄 弟 的感情很好。
Tāmen xiōngdì de gǎnqíng hěn hǎo.
The brothers have a close relationship.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 感情
老师傅收了两个徒 弟 。
Lǎo shīfu shōu le liǎng ge túdì.
The old master took on two apprentices.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 徒弟
弟 弟 和同学一起踢足球。
Dìdi hé tóngxué yìqǐ tī zúqiú.
My younger brother plays football with his classmates.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 踢足球
他们是一母同胞的兄 弟 。
Tāmen shì yì mǔ tóngbāo de xiōngdì.
They are brothers born of the same mother.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 同胞
老师傅把手艺传授给了徒 弟 。
Lǎo shīfu bǎ shǒuyì chuánshòu gěi le túdì.
The old master passed his craft on to his apprentice.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 传授
作为徒 弟 ，他跟着师父学了整整五年。
Zuòwéi túdì, tā gēnzhe shīfu xué le zhěngzhěng wǔ nián.
As an apprentice he studied under his master for a full five years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 徒弟
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From the graded readers
弟 弟 很不高兴，因为他很想去公园。
dìdi hěn bù gāoxìng, yīnwèi tā hěnxiǎng qù gōngyuán.
My little brother was upset, because he'd really wanted to go.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day
最后 弟 弟 说：“今天比去公园还好玩。”
zuìhòu dìdi shuō:" jīntiān bǐ qù gōngyuán hái / huán hǎo / hào wán / wàn."
In the end my brother said, "Today was even more fun than the park."
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day
我看见了爸爸、奶奶和 弟 弟 ，他们都在桌子旁边。
wǒ kànjiànle bàba, nǎinai hé dìdi, tāmen dōu zài zhuōzi pángbiān.
I saw my dad, my grandmother and my brother, all round the table.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
那条消息是她十四岁的 弟 弟 发的，本来是开玩笑。
nà / nèi tiáo xiāoxi shì tā shísì suì de / dì dìdi fā de / dì, běnlái shì kāiwánxiào.
The message had been sent by her fourteen-year-old brother, as a joke.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
后来有一天，另一个朋友告诉我：那天小林的手机被 弟 弟 拿去玩了。
hòulái yǒu yī tiān, lìngyī gè péngyou gàosu wǒ: nà / nèi tiān xiǎo lín de / dì shǒujī bèi dìdi ná qù wán / wàn le / liǎo / liào.
Then one day another friend told me that Xiaolin's phone had been taken by her younger brother that day.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
Words that contain 弟
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Questions about 弟
How is 弟 used in a sentence?
This page shows 20 sentences using 弟 (dì, "Younger brother"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 弟 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 弟 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 弟?
The dictionary page for 弟 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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