Chinese symbol for “drip”
滴
dī
to drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid); classifier for drops of liquid
The closest CC-CEDICT match for drip is 滴 (dī), defined as: to drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid); classifier for drops of liquid.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “drip”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 点滴 (點滴) | diǎn dī | a drip; a little bit |
| 淌 | tǎng | to drip; to trickle |
| 沥 (瀝) | lì | to drip; to strain or filter |
| 抛洒 (拋灑) | pāo sǎ | to drip; to flow out |
| 滴剂 (滴劑) | dī jì | to drip (e.g. medical drip feed) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 滴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 点滴 (點滴) | diǎn dī | a drip; a little bit |
| 水滴 | shuǐ dī | drop of water |
| 一点一滴 (一點一滴) | yī diǎn yī dī | bit by bit; every little bit |
| 滴水 | dī shuǐ | water drop; dripping water |
| 滴答 | dī dā | (onom.) pattering sound; drip drip (of water) |
| 雨滴 | yǔ dī | raindrop |
See also: Japanese symbol for “drip”.
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.