递

递 dì in a sentence

Hands over (pass)

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 8 sentences

递 (dì) means Hands over (pass). Below are 8 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

请把那本书 递 给我。

Qǐng bǎ nà běn shū dì gěi wǒ.

Please pass me that book.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 递

他 递 了一杯水给客人。

Tā dì le yì bēi shuǐ gěi kèren.

He handed a cup of water to the guest.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 递

请把盐 递 给我。

Qǐng bǎ yán dì gěi wǒ.

Please pass me the salt.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 盐

请把剪刀 递 给我。

Qǐng bǎ jiǎndāo dì gěi wǒ.

Please pass me the scissors.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 剪刀

难度按题号依次 递 增。

Nándù àn tí hào yīcì dìzēng.

The difficulty increases step by step with the question number.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 递增

公司的销售额逐年 递 增。

Gōngsī de xiāoshòu'é zhúnián dìzēng.

The company's sales increase year on year.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 递增

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From the graded readers

三天以后,快 递 就送到了。

sāntiān yǐhòu, kuài dì jiù sòngdào le / liǎo / liào.

Three days later the delivery arrived.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online

From the travel phrasebook

可以发快 递 吗?

Kěyǐ fā kuàidì ma?

Could it go by courier?

Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs

Words that contain 递

Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.

Questions about 递

How is 递 used in a sentence?

This page shows 8 sentences using 递 (dì, "Hands over (pass)"), 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 递 inside a longer word?

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

Is 递 an HSK word?

Yes — 递 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 递?

The dictionary page for 递 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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