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Chinese symbol for “dropper”

滴管
dī guǎn
intravenous drip tube; dropper; eyedropper; (coll.) pipette; (coll.) burette

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dropper is 滴管 (dī guǎn), defined as: intravenous drip tube; dropper; eyedropper; (coll.) pipette; (coll.) burette; drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管 (dī guàn guǎn)).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

滴 dī
to drip; a drop of water
radical 85 ⽔ · 14 strokes
管 guǎn
tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
radical 118 ⽵ · 14 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 滴管.

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
管理guǎn lǐto supervise; to manage
尽管 (儘管)jǐn guǎndespite; although

See also: Japanese symbol for “dropper”.

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.

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