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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tì | ti4
English translation
to shave

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

dāo

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

knife

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

弟刂

Semantic compound

dāo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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急急忙忙 jí jí máng máng de 胡子 hú zi , 下巴 xià ba le liǎng .

He hurried on with his shaving, cutting his chin twice.

剃须刀 tì xū dāo 装进 Bāo le ?

Have you packed me a razor?

qiáo , 阿波罗 Ā bō luó 正在 zhèngzài 剃刀 tì dāo 赠给我们 wǒmen 这项手艺 shǒuyì de 特里泼托勒默斯.

Apollo, you see, is bestowing the razor on the Triptolemus of our craft.

他们 tā men zhǐ 服从 fúcóng guāng 胡须 húxū de 法令 fǎ lìng .

They had to obey the decree that beards be shaved off.

zhè 老人 lǎo rén diào le nóng ér de 胡子 hú zi .

This old man shaved his shaggy black beard.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shave
剃刀 tì dāo razor剃刀 tì dāo
剃须刀 tì xū dāo shaver剃鬚刀
剃头 tì tóu to have one's head shaved剃頭
剃度 tì dù to take the tonsure剃度 tì dù
剃光头 tì guāng tóu crushing defeat剃光頭

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