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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tí | ti2
English translation
to carry (hanging down from the hand)
to lift
to put forward
to mention
to raise (an issue)
upwards character stroke
lifting brush stroke (in painting)
scoop for measuring liquid
to hold in the hand; to lift, to raise

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌是

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

shì

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and shì represents the sound.

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必须 bìxū tuō diào 这些 zhè xiē 湿 shī 衣服 yīfu ,然后 ránhòu lái bēi gān 提尼.

I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini.

胃液 wèi yè nèi 含有 hán yǒu yán suān gěi 胃蛋白 méi 提供 tígōng suān 溶液 róng yè .

Gastric juice contains hydrochloric acid to provide an acidic solution for pepsin.

以后 yǐ hòu , shuí 不准 bù zhǔn 提到 tí dào zhè Zhāng 纸条 zhǐ tiáo de 事情 shìqing .

From now on no one is to mention that slip of paper.

蹲过监狱 jiānyù de 纪录 jìlù 或许 huòxǔ huì bèi chū lái ,成为 chéngwéi 利于 lì yú 你的因素 yīnsù .

Your prison record may be brought up against you.

这个 zhè ge 提包 tí bāo zhēng shì xiǎng yāo de , 但是 dànshì tài guì le .

The bag is just what I want, only it costs too much.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
提供 tígōng to offer提供 tígōng
to lift
提高 tígāo to raise提高 tígāo
提出 tí chū to propose提出 tí chū
提醒 tíxǐng to remind提醒 tíxǐng
提前 tíqián in advance提前 tíqián
提到 tí dào to mention提到 tí dào
提升 tí shēng to promote提昇
提示 tíshì to point out提示 tíshì
提要 tí yào summary提要 tí yào
提议 tíyì proposal提議
提起 tí qǐ to mention提起 tí qǐ
前提 qiántí premise前提 qiántí
提名 tí míng to nominate提名 tí míng
提问 tíwèn to question提問
提交 tí jiāo to submit (a report etc)提交 tí jiāo
提取 tí qǔ to extract提取 tí qǔ
提案 tí àn proposal提案 tí àn
提及 tí jí to mention提及 tí jí
提倡 tíchàng to promote提倡 tíchàng
提早 tí zǎo ahead of schedule提早 tí zǎo
小提琴 xiǎo tí qín fiddle小提琴 xiǎo tí qín
提拔 tíbá to promote to a higher job提拔 tíbá
手提箱 shǒu tí xiāng suitcase手提箱 shǒu tí xiāng

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Decomposition

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