(dí) surname Di; generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
(dí) low ranking public official (old)
(dírénjié) Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends; master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]
(díénísuǒsī) Dionysus, the god of wine in Greek mythology
(dígōngàn) Dee Gong An or Judge Dee's cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee (lit. the Di Renji case)
(díàoduō) Theodor (name)
(díàoduōāduōnuò) Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969), German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer
(dílākè) P.A.M. Dirac (1902-1984), British physicist
(dígēngsī) Dickens (name); Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist