Kilo Lingo

(tì) - for, on behalf of; to replace in Mandarin

Traditional: 替

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HSK 5
#659 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

for, on behalf of; to replace

Word origin

替 (tì) means 'to replace, on behalf of'. The lower element is 曰 or 日; the upper part traditionally shows two 立 or 夫 figures, an arrangement read as one standing in for another, giving the sense of substitution.

Origin
ideograph
Root
two upper figures over 曰/日, suggesting substitution

Stroke order

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Examples

I'll do this for you.

She's happy for me.

Please give him my regards.

I will attend the meeting in your place.

Please thank him on my behalf.

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This word is part of lesson 14.