递 meaning in English

dì

to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order

HSK 5verbTraditional 遞10 strokes

Meaning of 递

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dì

to hand over; to pass on; to deliver
(bound form) progressively; in the proper order

How to use 递

递 is used for handing an object to someone directly, often with 给: 递给我. It also appears in words about delivery and passing things along, like 快递 (kuàidì) and 传递 (chuándì). Example: 请把盐递给我。(Qǐng bǎ yán dì gěi wǒ.) Please pass me the salt.

递 has the walking radical 辶 on the left and bottom, a sign of movement, with 弟 (dì, younger brother) giving the sound. Picture a younger brother 弟 running along 辶 to hand something over.

Common mistake: Learners often write 弟 inside without the walking radical, or confuse 递 with 第 (dì, ordinal prefix), which has the bamboo radical on top. Remember that 第 is for 第一 (first), while 递 is for passing things.

递 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ把bǎ地dì图tú递dì给gěi汤tāng姆mǔ。

I handed Tom the map.

汤tāng姆mǔ把bǎ装zhuāng满mǎn现xiàn金jīn的de信xìn封fēng递dì给gěi玛mǎ丽lì。

Tom handed the envelope full of cash to Mary.

他tā给gěi她tā倒dào了le一yī杯bēi饮yǐn料liào，然rán后hòu递dì给gěi她tā。

He poured her a drink and handed it to her.

这zhè邮yóu递dì员yuán有yǒu些xiē可kě爱ài。

The mailman is cute.

我wǒ把bǎ麦mài克kè风fēng递dì给gěi他tā。

I handed the mike to him.

Stroke order for each character

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递 dì · to hand over · 10 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 递.

快递	kuàidì	express delivery
传递	chuándì	to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
递给	dì gěi	to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
递交	dìjiāo	to present; to give
邮递员	yóudìyuán	mailman

Questions about 递

What does 递 mean?

递 (dì) means "to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 递?

递 is made of 1 character: 递 (10 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 递 an HSK word?

Yes. 递 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 递 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 递 is written 遞.

What is the difference between 递 and 给?

给 (gěi) simply means to give and is very general. 递 describes the physical act of passing something from hand to hand, so people often combine them as 递给.

What does 递 mean in words like 递增?

In this bound sense 递 means progressively or step by step. 递增 (dìzēng) means to increase progressively, and 递减 (dìjiǎn) means to decrease progressively.