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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tì | ti4
English translation
tears
nasal mucus
tears; mucus

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵弟

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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卡罗 kào zài 椅背 yǐ bèi shǎng ,感激涕 líng , Mǎn miàn Hóng guāng .

Carlo leaned back , his face flushed with gratification.

感冒 gǎnmào 开始 kāishǐ shí 通常 tōngcháng huì 流鼻涕 liú bí tì 嗓子 sǎngzi 发干

A cold usually starts with a streaming nose and dry throat.

伸手 shēn shǒu 纸巾 zhǐ jīn xǐng 鼻涕 bítì

She reached for a Kleenex and blew her nose.

花粉热 huā fěn rè 临床表现 wéi 流泪 liúlèi 流涕眼睛 yǎnjing 鼻子 bízi 发痒 fā yǎng

When someone has hayfever, the eyes and nose will stream and itch.

轻轻 qīng qīng le 几下眼睛 yǎnjing xǐng 了擤鼻涕 bítì

She dabbed her eyes and blew her nose.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
鼻涕 bítì snivel鼻涕 bítì
tears
痛哭流涕 tòng kū liú tì weeping bitter tears痛哭流涕 tòng kū liú tì
流鼻涕 liú bí tì to have a runny nose流鼻涕 liú bí tì
感激涕零 gǎn jī tì líng to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears感激涕零 gǎn jī tì líng
破涕为笑 pò tì wéi xiào to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness破涕為笑
擤鼻涕 xǐng bí tì to blow one's nose擤鼻涕 xǐng bí tì
滴滴涕 dī dī tì DDT (loanword)滴滴涕 dī dī tì
涕泣 tì qì to weep涕泣 tì qì
涕零 tì líng to weep涕零 tì líng
涕泪交流 tì lèi jiāo liú tears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom); weeping tragically涕淚交流
涕泗横流 tì sì héng liú sniveling涕泗橫流
涕泗滂沱 tì sì pāng tuó a flood of tears and mucus涕泗滂沱 tì sì pāng tuó
涕泗纵横 tì sì zòng héng sniveling涕泗縱橫

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Decomposition

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