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啼

tí

Character

What 啼 means

1. bound formto cry; to weep loudly
2. bound form(of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech

Other readings

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

• tívariant of {啼|tí}

Example sentences

• 她一直哭哭啼啼。
  Tā yīzhí kūkutítí.
  She did nothing but cry all the while.

Words starting with 啼

• 啼笑皆非tí xiào jiē fēilit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); between laughter and tears
• 啼哭tí kūto cry; to wail
• 啼声tí shēngululation; to howl
• 啼饥号寒tí jī háo hán(idiom) to cry from hunger and cold; to suffer extreme poverty
• 啼啭tí zhuànto call sweetly (of birds)

Words containing 啼

• 哭哭啼啼kū ku tí títo weep endlessly; interminable wailing
• 悲啼bēi títo wail with grief; plaintive cry
• 尖声啼哭jiān shēng tí kūsqueal
• 柳啼花怨liǔ tí huā yuàndesolate
• 杜鹃啼血dù juān tí xuèlit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom)…

Characters built on 帝

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

• 缔dì(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union…
• 蒂dìstem (of fruit)
• 蹄tíhoof; pig's trotters
• 谛dìto examine; truth (Buddhism)
• 碲dìtellurium (chemistry)
• 啻chìonly (classical, usually follows negative or question words); (not) just

Characters that look like 啼

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

• 唯wéionly; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义
• 啡fēi(used in loanwords for its phonetic value)
• 喂wèihey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
• 畴chóuarable fields; cultivated field; class
• 唾tuòsaliva; to spit
• 唷yō(interjection expressing surprise) Oh!; My!

Sounds the same

Read tí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 题topic; problem for discussion; exam question
• 提to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward
• 蹄hoof; pig's trotters
• 缇orange-red silk; orange-red colored
• 鹈used in 鹈鹕
• 醍used in 醍醐
• 媞used as phonetic; female name
• 禔well-being
• 鳀anchovy
• 荑(grass)
• 厗old stone or mineral, possibly related to antimony Sb 锑
• 绨coarse greenish black pongee