替 tì
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
替代
tìdài
to replace
Characters in this word
代 dài
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 弋 to catch, to arrest
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 它能替代糖。 Tā néng tìdài táng. It can replace sugar.
- 这个替代旧的。 Zhège tìdài jiù de. This one replaces the old one.
- 水不能替代饭。 Shuǐ bù néng tìdài fàn. Water cannot replace food.