堤 (tai4) — dike; embankment; levee in Cantonese
taiˎ₄堤Mandarin Pinyin: di1
Meaning of 堤
noundike; embankment; levee
Example Sentences with 堤
keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋haiˊ²喺douˍ₆度zukˉ¹築tai4.堤。
They are building a dike there.
diˉ¹啲seoiˊ²水taai˗₃太maang5,猛，jiu˗₃要zukˉ¹築tai4.堤。
The water is too strong, a dike needs to be built.
zing˗₃政fuˊ²府waaˍ₆話jiu˗₃要zukˉ¹築tai4.堤。
The government says they need to build a dike.
mˎ₄唔saiˊ²使geng1,驚，jauˏ₅有zukˉ¹築tai4.堤。
Don't worry, there's a dike.
keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋soengˊ²想zukˉ¹築tai4.堤。
They want to build a dike.
Words Containing 堤
堤岸tai4 ngon6
embankment
堤壩tai4 baa3
dam
三峽堤壩工程saam1 haap6 tai4 baa3 gung1 cing4
The Three Gorges Dam project
堤防tai4 fong4
embankment
巴伐洛堤baa1 fat6 lok3 tai4
Pavarotti, afamous Italian operatic tenor
河堤ho4 tai4
bank; embankment
防波堤fong4 bo1 tai4
breakwater (a barrier that protects from the full impact of waves)
築堤zuk1 tai4
Embankment
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