替 (tì): meaning and stroke order
替 (tì) means to substitute for, to take the place of, to replace, for, on behalf of, to stand in for.
替
- Simplified
- 替
- Traditional
- 替 (same form)
- Pinyin
- tì
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Stroke order of 替
替
- tì to substitute for; to take the place of
- 12 strokes
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Meaning of 替
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tì
- to substitute for
- to take the place of
- to replace
- for
- on behalf of
- to stand in for
Radical and structure
- 替
- Radical 曰 (Kangxi radical 73) · 12 strokes · 㚘 on top, 日 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 替
- 代替 dài tì to replace; to take the place of
替 in our stories
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奶奶摸摸他的头：“其实，与其让灶王爷替你说好话，不如你自己先去跟妹妹道歉。”
nǎinai mō mō tā de tóu qíshí yǔqí ràng Zàowángyé tì nǐ shuō hǎohuà bùrú nǐ zìjǐ xiān qù gēn mèimei dàoqiàn
Grandma stroked his head: "You know, rather than having the Kitchen God put in a good word for you, it's better to go and apologise to your sister yourself."
From the story Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5
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有人替介子推抱不平，他却淡淡地说：“我做那件事，本来就不是为了做官。”说完，便背着老母亲去了绵山隐居。
yǒurén tì Jiè Zǐtuī bào bùpíng tā què dàndàn de shuō wǒ zuò nà jiàn shì běnlái jiù bú shì wèile zuò guān shuōwán biàn bēi zhe lǎo mǔqīn qù le Mián Shān yǐnjū
Someone protested the injustice on his behalf, but he said calmly, "I never did that to become an official." Then he carried his old mother on his back to live as a recluse on Mount Mian.
From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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他对龙王说：“一人做事一人当。与其让全城的人替我受罚，不如由我自己来承担。”
tā duì Lóngwáng shuō yì rén zuò shì yì rén dāng yǔqí ràng quánchéng de rén tì wǒ shòufá bùrú yóu wǒ zìjǐ lái chéngdān
He said to the Dragon King: "I alone answer for what I have done. Rather than let the whole city be punished for me, I will bear it myself."
From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 替
- Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5
- Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).