帝 dì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
帝国
dìguó
empire
Characters in this word
国 guó
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 玉 jade, gem, precious stone
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这个曾经横跨三洲的帝国，最终因财政危机和内部裂痕而衰落。 Zhè ge céngjīng héngkuà sān zhōu de dìguó, zuìzhōng yīn cáizhèng wēijī hé nèibù lièhén ér shuāiluò. This empire, which once spanned three continents, eventually declined because of fiscal crisis and internal rifts.
- 历史课上，老师讲了一个古老帝国的兴衰。 Lìshǐ kè shàng, lǎoshī jiǎng le yí ge gǔlǎo dìguó de xīngshuāi. In history class the teacher talked about the rise and fall of an ancient empire.
- 这个帝国的首都曾经是世界上最繁华的城市。 Zhège dìguó de shǒudū céngjīng shì shìjiè shàng zuì fánhuá de chéngshì. The capital of this empire was once the most prosperous city in the world.
Related words
- 皇帝 huángdì emperor
- 国 guó country, state
- 国家 guójiā country, nation
- 国外 guówài abroad, overseas
- 外国 wàiguó foreign country
- 中国 Zhōngguó China
- 出国 chūguó to go abroad
- 国际 guójì international
- 回国 huíguó to return to one’s country
- 全国 quánguó the whole country
- 国内 guónèi within the country
- 国庆 guóqìng National Day