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剃

tì

Character

What 剃 means

1. to shave

Other readings

剃 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• tìshave; to weed
• tìvariant of {剃|tì}

Example sentences

• 他剃了八字胡。
  Tā tì le bāzìhú.
  He shaved his moustache.
• 你剃过腿毛吗？
  Have you ever shaved your legs?
• 剃须刀发出了嗡嗡的响声。
  Tìxūdāo fāchū le wēngwēng de xiǎngshēng.
  The razor made a buzzing sound.
• 我已经决定把我的头发剃了。
  Wǒ yǐjīng juédìng bǎ wǒ de tóufa tì le.
  I've decided to shave my head.
• 他一如往常，没有剃胡子就上班去了。
  Tā yīrúwǎngcháng, méiyǒu tì húzi jiù shàngbān qù le.
  As is often the case with him, he went to the office without shaving.
• Jane在运动会之前把头发剃短了。
  Jane zài yùndònghuì zhīqián bǎtóu fā tì duǎn le.
  Jane had her hair cut short before the athletic meet.

Words starting with 剃

• 剃头tì tóuto have one's head shaved
• 剃须刀tì xū dāoshaver; razor
• 剃刀tì dāorazor
• 剃度tì dùto take the tonsure; to shave the head; tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk)
• 剃光头tì guāng tóuto shave the whole head clean; crushing defeat
• 剃发令tì fà lìngthe Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
• 剃须膏tì xū gāoshaving cream
• 剃发留辫tì fà liú biànto shave the head but keep the queue
• 剃头挑子一头热tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rèlit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom); fig. one-sided enthusiasm…

Words containing 剃

• 鬼剃头guǐ tì tóuspot baldness (alopecia areata)
• 奥卡姆剃刀Ào kǎ mǔ tì dāoOccam's razor

Characters built on 弟

These share the phonetic component 弟 (dì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 递dìto hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 梯tī(bound form) ladder; stairs
• 涕tìtears; nasal mucus
• 睇dì(literary) to cast a sidelong glance; (dialect) to see; to look at
• 锑tīantimony (chemistry)
• 娣dìwife of a younger brother
• 鹈tíused in 鹈鹕
• 悌tìto do one's duty as a younger brother

Characters that look like 剃

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate
• 刺cìthorn; sting; thrust
• 刹chàBuddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 刹多罗
• 荆jīngchaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a…
• 俐lìused in 伶俐
• 剌làperverse; unreasonable; absurd

Sounds the same

Read tì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 替to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace
• 嚏sneeze
• 屉drawer; tier; tray
• 惕fearful; respectful
• 涕tears; nasal mucus
• 倜used in 倜傥
• 悌to do one's duty as a younger brother
• 逖(literary) remote; far away
• 籊long bamboo (for fishing rod)
• 揥get rid of; ivory hairpin
• 趯to jump; way of stroke in calligraphy
• 洟nasal mucus; Taiwan pr. yí