戴

戴 dài in a sentence

Wear (put on)

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 16 sentences

戴 (dài) means Wear (put on). Below are 16 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

他 戴 着一副眼镜。

Tā dài zhe yí fù yǎnjìng.

He is wearing a pair of glasses.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 戴

天冷了,记得 戴 帽子。

Tiān lěng le, jìde dài màozi.

It has turned cold; remember to wear a hat.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 戴

她很少 戴 首饰。

Tā hěn shǎo dài shǒushì.

She rarely wears jewellery.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 首饰

他 戴 着一副新眼镜。

Tā dài zhe yí fù xīn yǎnjìng.

He is wearing a new pair of glasses.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 眼镜

骑摩托车要 戴 头盔。

Qí mótuōchē yào dài tóukuī.

You must wear a helmet when riding a motorbike.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 摩托车

她 戴 着一条金项链。

Tā dài zhe yì tiáo jīn xiàngliàn.

She is wearing a gold necklace.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 项链

她手上 戴 着一枚戒指。

Tā shǒu shàng dài zhe yì méi jièzhi.

She is wearing a ring on her hand.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 戒指

天冷了, 戴 上手套吧。

Tiān lěng le, dài shàng shǒutào ba.

It is cold; put on your gloves.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 手套

她 戴 着一副黑框眼镜。

Tā dàizhe yí fù hēi kuàng yǎnjìng.

She wears a pair of black-framed glasses.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 副

她脖子上 戴 着一块玉。

Tā bózi shang dàizhe yí kuài yù.

She wears a piece of jade round her neck.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 玉

她 戴 着一条珍珠项链。

Tā dàizhe yì tiáo zhēnzhū xiàngliàn.

She is wearing a pearl necklace.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 珍珠

她今天 戴 了一对新耳环。

Tā jīntiān dài le yí duì xīn ěrhuán.

She wore a new pair of earrings today.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 耳环

这顶王冠是皇后 戴 过的。

Zhè dǐng wángguān shì huánghòu dài guo de.

This crown was once worn by the empress.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 皇后

这位老校长深受师生爱 戴 。

Zhè wèi lǎo xiàozhǎng shēn shòu shīshēng àidài.

This old principal is deeply loved and respected by teachers and students.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 爱戴

他为官廉洁,深受百姓爱 戴 。

Tā wéi guān liánjié, shēn shòu bǎixìng àidài.

He was an honest official and much loved by the people.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 廉洁

他用一生的努力赢得了村民的爱 戴 。

Tā yòng yìshēng de nǔlì yíngdé le cūnmín de àidài.

He won the villagers' esteem through a lifetime of effort.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 爱戴

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Words that contain 戴

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Questions about 戴

How is 戴 used in a sentence?

This page shows 16 sentences using 戴 (dài, "Wear (put on)"), 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 戴 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 戴 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 戴 an HSK word?

Yes — 戴 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 戴?

The dictionary page for 戴 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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