滴 dī

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

滴 dī

Contains the radical

氵 shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

water

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰氵啇

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Phonetic compound

啇 dì

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 滴 dī in different contexts.

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可以 kěyǐ 计算 jìsuàn 在 zài 不同 bù tóng 条件 tiáojiàn 下 xià 的 de 云 yún 滴 dī 增长率 zēng zhǎng lǜ .

The rate of droplet growth under different conditions can be evaluated.

当 dāng 他 tā 表示 biǎoshì 要 yāo 把 bǎ 那 Nā 匹 pī 可爱 kěài 的 de 小 xiǎo 矮 ǎi 种马 zhǒng mǎ 给 gěi 她 tā 的 de 时候 shíhou ,她 tā 娇滴滴 jiāo dī dī 地叹了 le 口 kǒu 气 qì ,谢绝 xièjué 了 le .

She refused the dear little pony with such a delicate sigh when he offered it.

嗨 hāi , 你 nǐ 还 Huán 滴 dī 酒 jiǔ 没 méi 进 jìn 呢 ne !

Why, you haven't had a drop.

这些 zhè xiē 点滴 diǎn dī 的 de 情况 qíngkuàng 联系 liánxì 起来 qǐlai 就 jiù 使 shǐ 人 rén 看 kān 得出 dé chū 谁 shuí 是 shì 贼 zéi .

These pieces of information link up to suggest who the thief was.

大地 dà dì 披 pī 上 shǎng 了 le 苍翠 cāng cuì 欲 yù 滴 dī 的 de 绿色 lǜ sè 斗篷 dǒu peng .

The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green.

Explore 23 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 滴 dī in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
滴 dī	a drop	滴 dī
点滴 diǎn dī	a drip	點滴
点点滴滴 diǎn diǎn dī dī	bit by bit	點點滴滴
一点一滴 yī diǎn yī dī	bit by bit	一點一滴
水滴 shuǐ dī	drop	水滴 shuǐ dī
雨滴 yǔ dī	raindrop	雨滴 yǔ dī
滴水 dī shuǐ	water drop	滴水 dī shuǐ
垂涎欲滴 chuí xián yù dī	to hunger for	垂涎欲滴 chuí xián yù dī
娇滴滴 jiāo dī dī	sweet	嬌滴滴
打点滴 dǎ diǎn dī	to put sb on an intravenous drip	打點滴
滴管 dī guǎn	eyedropper	滴管 dī guǎn
滴水不漏 dī shuǐ bù lòu	watertight	滴水不漏 dī shuǐ bù lòu
滴灌 dī guàn	drip irrigation	滴灌 dī guàn
滴定 dī dìng	titration	滴定 dī dìng
滴答 dī dā	(onom.) pattering sound	滴答 dī dā
滴溜溜 dī liū liū	whirling	滴溜溜 dī liū liū
馋涎欲滴 chán xián yù dī	greedy	饞涎欲滴
滴滴涕 dī dī tì	DDT (loanword)	滴滴涕 dī dī tì
滴漏 dī lòu	water clock	滴漏 dī lòu
水滴石穿 shuǐ dī shí chuān	Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.	水滴石穿 shuǐ dī shí chuān
滴水穿石 dī shuǐ chuān shí	Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.	滴水穿石 dī shuǐ chuān shí
滴翠 dī cuì	verdant	滴翠 dī cuì
滴点 dī diǎn	melting point (of lubricating oil)	滴點