涕 — Chinese character
涕
tì
tears; mucus
- Pinyin
- tì
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 氵 弟
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 弟
- Japanese
- 涕 as a kanji
Common words with 涕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼻涕 | bí tì | nasal mucus; snivel; snot |
| 痛哭流涕 | tòng kū liú tì | weeping bitter tears |
| 破涕为笑 (破涕為笑) | pò tì wéi xiào | to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness |
| 流鼻涕 | liú bí tì | to have a runny nose |
| 感激涕零 | gǎn jī tì líng | to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears |
| 涕泣 | tì qì | to weep; to shed tears |
| 滴滴涕 | dī dī tì | (loanword) DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) |
| 鼻涕虫 (鼻涕蟲) | bí tì chóng | a slug; sb with a runny nose |
| 拾人涕唾 | shí rén tì tuò | to plagiarize (idiom) |
| 擤鼻涕 | xǐng bí tì | to blow one's nose |
| 涕唾 | tì tuò | nasal mucus and spittle |
| 涕泗横流 (涕泗橫流) | tì sì héng liú | tears and mucus flowing profusely; sniveling |
English words written with 涕
涕 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 2 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 4
- Art of War 11.28
- Hexagram 30
- Hexagram 45
- Mencius 4A.7
- Mencius 6B.3
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
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