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Meaning of 黛

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Pinyin: dài
English Definition: umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
Chinese Definition:
①青黑色的颜料,古代女子用来画眉:黛色。黛眉。粉黛。黛绿。黛蓝。黛紫。
Total strokes: 17; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (black) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ dài ] era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
    • [ hēi ] black; dark; evil, sinister
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Example Words
粉黛 fěn dài face powder and eyebrow liner; cosmetics; (fig.) beautiful woman
青黛 qīng dài indigo (dye); Indigo naturalis extract (used in TCM)
眉黛 méi dài eyebrows (with umber black make-up)
史黛西 shǐ dài Stacy (name)
奥黛丽 ào dài Audrey
More:黛* | *黛 | *黛*
Example Sentences
1
Have you seen Debbie lately?
2
My God, how come I am the daughter of Death the god?" Daisy cannot believe that.
3
One day over breakfast, he told Lisa: 'My friend Debbie said she will have my baby.
4
He and Diane lived in an apartment with her brother, Gregg, and three other people.
5
A simple test (thanks, Debbie!) is to see if you need to get your partner' s attention before talking for them to hear what you say.