墊

diàn

advance money, pay for another

How to write 墊, stroke by stroke

pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb; to advance (money)

Pictophonetic: semantic 土 (earth), phonetic 執

Made of 執 + 土

床墊chuáng diànmattress
墊子diàn zicushion; mat; pad
墊底diàn dǐto put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime; to lay the foundation; to come last in the rankings
坐墊zuò diàncushion; (motorbike) seat
卡墊kǎ diàn(Tibetan) rug; mat
坐廁墊zuò cè diàntoilet seat
墊上diàn shàngto pay for sb
墊付diàn fùto pay sb else's expense with the expectation of being reimbursed by that person later
墊圈diàn juànto spread litter in a cowshed, pigsty etc
墊圈diàn quānwasher (on bolt); toilet seat
墊平diàn píngto level (surfaces)
墊底費diàn dǐ fèideductible (the part of an insurance claim paid by the insured); (UK English) excess

我的兄弟把色情雜誌藏在床墊下面。
wǒ de xiōng dì bǎ sè qíng zá zhì cáng zài chuáng diàn xià miàn 。
My brother hides his porn magazines under his mattress.
我在擦鞋墊下面發現了這把鑰匙。
wǒ zài cā xié diàn xià miàn fā xiàn le zhè bǎ yuè chí 。
I found the key underneath the mat.
我的氣墊船裝滿了鱔魚
wǒ de qì diàn chuán zhuāng mǎn le shàn yú
My hovercraft is full of eels.
這個床墊很硬。
zhè gè chuáng diàn hěn yìng 。
This is a very hard mattress.
紅木書桌上有一個金屬杯子和一個藍色杯墊。
hóng mù shū zhuō shàng yǒu yí gè jīn shǔ bēi zi hé yí gè lán sè bēi diàn 。
On the mahogany desk, there is a metal cup and a blue coaster.