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Chinese symbol for “ddt”

滴滴涕
dī dī tì
(loanword) DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ddt is 滴滴涕 (dī dī tì), defined as: (loanword) DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane).

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Characters and stroke order

滴 dī
to drip; a drop of water
radical 85 ⽔ · 14 strokes
滴
滴 dī
to drip; a drop of water
radical 85 ⽔ · 14 strokes
涕 tì
tears; mucus
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 滴滴涕.

WordPinyinMeaning
点滴 (點滴)diǎn dīa drip; a little bit
水滴shuǐ dīdrop of water
一点一滴 (一點一滴)yī diǎn yī dībit by bit; every little bit
滴水dī shuǐwater drop; dripping water
滴答dī dā(onom.) pattering sound; drip drip (of water)
雨滴yǔ dīraindrop
鼻涕bí tìnasal mucus; snivel; snot
痛哭流涕tòng kū liú tìweeping bitter tears

See also: Japanese symbol for “ddt”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.