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涕

tì

HSK 6 Character

What 涕 means

1. tears
2. nasal mucus

Example sentences

• 我流鼻涕。
  Wǒ liú bítì.
  My nose is running.

Words starting with 涕

• 涕泣tì qìto weep; to shed tears
• 涕泪交加tì lèi jiāo jiā(idiom) weeping uncontrollably
• 涕泪交流tì lèi jiāo liútears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom); weeping tragically
• 涕唾tì tuònasal mucus and spittle
• 涕泗横流tì sì héng liútears and mucus flowing profusely; sniveling; in a tragic state
• 涕泗纵横tì sì zòng héngtears and mucus flowing profusely; sniveling; in a tragic state
• 涕泗滂沱tì sì pāng tuóa flood of tears and mucus; broken-hearted and weeping bitterly
• 涕零tì língto shed tears; to weep

Words containing 涕

• 鼻涕bí tìnasal mucus; snivel; snot
• 痛哭流涕tòng kū liú tìweeping bitter tears
• 破涕为笑pò tì wéi xiàoto turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
• 感激涕零gǎn jī tì língto shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears
• 流鼻涕liú bí tìto have a runny nose
• 滴滴涕dī dī tì(loanword) DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
• 鼻涕虫bí tì chónga slug; sb with a runny nose
• 擤鼻涕xǐng bí tìto blow one's nose
• 拾人涕唾shí rén tì tuòto plagiarize (idiom)
• 一把眼泪一把鼻涕yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tìwith one's face covered in tears (idiom)

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
• 剃tìto shave
• 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 涕

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

• 举jǔto lift; to hold up; to cite
• 深shēn(lit. and fig.) deep
• 涛tāobig wave; Taiwan pr. táo
• 涡guōname of a river
• 捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of…
• 娣dìwife of a younger brother

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
• 剃to shave
• 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