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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tí | ti2
English translation
to weep, to whimper; to howl; to crow

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口帝

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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雄鸡 xióng jī zài 农家 Nóng jiā yuàn Zhōng jiào .

The cock crows in the farmyard.

公鸡 gōng jī zhèn chì 啼叫.

The cock clapped his wings and crowed.

婴儿 yīngér 闻到 wén dào 妈妈 māma 衣服 yīfu de 味道 wèidao jiù huì 停止 tíng zhǐ 啼哭 tí kū .

A baby will stop crying when It'smells the scent of its mother's clothes.

双膝 shuāng xī guì zài 地上 dì shang ,口齿不 Qīng de 祷告 dǎo gào zhāo , 哭哭啼啼 kū ku tí tí de .

He had fallen on his knees in inarticulate prayer, weeping.

那位酒吧 jiǔbā 侍者 shì zhě 基普 jī pǔ 拿出 ná chū 夸张 kuāzhāng de Líng rén 啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi de 小心 xiǎoxīn 劲儿 jìn r 调制 tiáo zhì zhāo suān liū 溜的花匠 huā jiàng shì hún tián 饮料 yǐnliào .

Skip , the bartender made the sour planters'punch with exaggerated, ironic care.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
哭哭啼啼 kū ku tí tí to weep endlessly哭哭啼啼 kū ku tí tí
to cry
啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi between laughter and tears啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi
啼哭 tí kū to cry啼哭 tí kū
悲啼 bēi tí plaintive cry悲啼 bēi tí
啼饥号寒 tí jī háo hán hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty啼饑號寒

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