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滴

dī

HSK 5 Character

What 滴 means

1. to drip
2. to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc)
3. bound forma drop (of liquid)
4. classifier for drops of liquid

Example sentences

• 滴水穿石。
  Constant dripping wears away a stone.
• 水滴石穿。
  Constant dripping wears away a stone.
• 我滴酒不沾。
  I never touch beer.
• 水龙头在滴水。
  Shuǐlóngtóu zài dīshuǐ.
  The tap is running.
• 没有剩下一滴水。
  There is not a drop of water left.
• 雨滴敲打窗户玻璃。
  Yǔdī qiāodǎ chuānghu bōli.
  The rain beats against the window pane.

Words starting with 滴

• 滴水dī shuǐwater drop; dripping water
• 滴滴Dī dīDiDi, app-based transportation company (abbr. for 滴滴出行
• 滴答dī dā(onomatopoeia) pattering sound; drip drip (of water); tick tock (of clock)
• 滴下dī xiàto fall or let fall in drops; to drip
• 滴水不漏dī shuǐ bù lòulit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument)
• 滴剂dī jìto drip (e.g. medical drip feed)
• 滴定dī dìngtitration
• 滴度dī dù(chemistry, medicine) titer
• 滴注dī zhùto drip into; to transfuse; to percolate
• 滴流dī liútrickle
• 滴漏dī lòuwater clock; clepsydra; to drip
• 滴灌dī guànto drip irrigate
• 滴瓶dī píng(chemistry) dropping bottle
• 滴石dī shía dripstone (geology); stalactites and stalagmites
• 滴管dī guǎnintravenous drip tube; dropper; eyedropper; (colloquial) pipette
• 滴点dī diǎnmelting point (of lubricating oil)
• 滴定管dī dìng guǎnburette
• 滴眼液dī yǎn yèeye drops
• 滴答声dī da shēngtick (tock)
• 滴虫病dī chóng bìngtrichomoniasis (medicine)
• 滴道区Dī dào QūDidao, a district of Jixi City 鸡西市
• 滴水嘴兽dī shuǐ zuǐ shòugargoyle (architecture)
• 滴水石穿dī shuǐ shí chuāndripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success…
• 滴水穿石dī shuǐ chuān shídripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success…

Words containing 滴

• 点滴diǎn dīa drip; a little bit; intravenous drip (used to administer drugs)
• 点点滴滴diǎn diǎn dī dībit by bit; dribs and drabs; the little details
• 水滴shuǐ dīdrop of water
• 雨滴yǔ dīraindrop
• 娇滴滴jiāo dī dīsweet; cute; delicately pretty
• 泪滴lèi dīteardrop
• 小滴xiǎo dīdroplet
• 欲滴yù dī(suffix) replete (with moisture); glistening; plump and tender
• 液滴yè dīdrop of liquid; droplet
• 打点滴dǎ diǎn dīto put sb on an intravenous drip
• 水滴鱼shuǐ dī yúblobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus)
• 水滴石穿shuǐ dī shí chuāndripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success…
• 静脉点滴jìng mài diǎn dīan intravenous drip
• 点滴试验diǎn dī shì yànspot check
• 吊点滴diào diǎn dīto put sb on an intravenous drip (Tw)
• 垂涎欲滴chuí xián yù dīto drool with desire (idiom); to envy; to hunger for
• 涓滴juān dītiny stream; trickle; drops
• 涓滴归公juān dī guī gōngevery drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused
• 馋涎欲滴chán xián yù dīlit. to drool with desire (idiom); fig. to hunger for; greedy
• 砚滴yàn dīsmall cup for adding water to an ink stone
• 霭滴ǎi dīmist droplet
• 一点一滴yī diǎn yī dībit by bit; every little bit

Characters built on 啇

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

• 嘀dī(onomatopoeia) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc
• 嫡dí(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶
• 镝dīdysprosium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 滴

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

• 满mǎnto fill; full; filled
• 演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out…
• 暹xiānsunrise
• 潢huángdye paper; lake; pond
• 漓lípattering (of rain); seep through
• 熵shāngentropy (character created in 1923)

Sounds the same

Read dī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 低low; beneath; to lower (one's head)
• 堤dike; Taiwan pr. tí
• 的a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士
• 嘀(onomatopoeia) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc
• 提used in 提防
• 啲some; few; a little (Cantonese)
• 镝dysprosium (chemistry)
• 鞮leather shoes
• 羝billy goat; ram
• 鍉spoon; key
• 氐name of an ancient tribe