徒
弟

Apprentice in Chinese: 徒弟 (tú dì)

tú dì

apprentice

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1apprentice
  2. 2disciple

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徒
弟

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄨˊ

tú

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄉㄧˋ

dì

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这位老师傅收了三个徒弟。

    zhè wèi lǎo shī fu shōu le sān gè tú dì。

    This old master took on three apprentices.

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Related words

弟

dì

younger brother

弟弟

dì di

younger brother

兄弟

xiōng dì

brothers

歹徒

dǎi tú

evildoer

弟子

dì zǐ

disciple

徒步

tú bù

to be on foot

子弟

zǐ dì

child

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