黛
(literary) dark pigment traditionally used to paint the eyebrows
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How 黛 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
黑 (semantic, “black”) + 代 (phonetic, dài)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 代
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 代 (dài) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 代 sound component | dài | era, generation; to substitute for, to replace |
| 袋 | dài | bag, sack; pocket, pouch |
| 贷 | dài | to borrow; to lend; to pardon |
| 岱 | dài | the Daishan mountain in Shandong |
| 玳 | dài | tortoise shell |
Words containing 黛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烟花粉黛 | yān huā fěn dài | woman; prostitute; lovemaking; literary or theatrical form in Tang, Song and Yuan |
| 林黛玉 | Lín Dài yù | Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia… |
| 史黛西 | Shǐ dài xī | Stacy (name) |
| 马黛茶 | mǎ dài chá | (loanword) maté (drink) |
| 奥黛丽 | Ào dài lì | Audrey |
| 青黛 | qīng dài | indigo (dye); Indigo naturalis extract (used in TCM) |
| 黛安娜 | Dài ān nà | Diana (goddess in Roman mythology) |
| 粉黛 | fěn dài | face powder and eyebrow liner; cosmetics; (fig.) beautiful woman |
| 奥黛 | ào dài | ao dai (traditional Vietnamese garment) |
| 眉黛 | méi dài | (literary) eyebrows painted with black pigment |
| 奥黛莉 | Ào dài lì | Audrey; variant of 奧黛麗|奥黛丽[Ao4 dai4 li4] |
| 黛绮莉 | dài qǐ lì | (loanword) daiquiri |