variant of 堤[di1]

earth (土) + sound (是) = embankment of packed soil

A dike or embankment is built from packed earth to hold back water. 是 lends the sound dī here; the meaning comes entirely from the soil radical.

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河边的坝保护了附近的村子。

hé biān de dī bà bǎo hù le fù jìn de cūn zi。

The embankment by the river protected the nearby village.

工人们加固了这段岸,防止洪水。

gōng rén men jiā gù le zhè duàn dī àn,fáng zhǐ hóng shuǐ。

The workers reinforced this section of the embankment to prevent flooding.

Words with 堤

那堤

nà tí

(Tw) (loanword) latte

防波堤

fáng bō dī

breakwater

防潮堤

fáng cháo dī

tide embankment

千里之堤,毁于蚁穴

qiān lǐ zhī dī , huǐ yú yǐ xué

see 千里之堤,潰於蟻穴|千里之堤,溃于蚁穴[qian1 li3 zhi1 di1 , kui4 yu2 yi3 xue2]

千里之堤,溃于蚁穴

qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué

lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)

堤坝

dī bà

dam

堤岸

dī àn

embankment

堤拉米苏

dī lā mǐ sū

tiramisu (loanword)

堤防

dī fáng

dike

小孩堤防

xiǎo hái dī fáng

Kinderdijk, village in the Netherlands with a large network of windmills attracting many tourists

决堤

jué dī

(of a watercourse) to breach its dike

海堤

hǎi dī

levee

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