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Chinese symbol for “snot”

鼻涕
bí tì
nasal mucus; snivel; snot

The closest CC-CEDICT match for snot is 鼻涕 (bí tì), defined as: nasal mucus; snivel; snot.

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Characters and stroke order

鼻 bí
nose; first
radical 209 ⿐ · 14 strokes
涕 tì
tears; mucus
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 鼻涕.

WordPinyinMeaning
鼻子bí zinose; 个 (gè),只 (zhī)
鼻孔bí kǒngnostril; 只 (zhī)
鼻炎bí yánrhinitis
鼻祖bí zǔthe earliest ancestor; originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)
鼻腔bí qiāngnasal cavity
痛哭流涕tòng kū liú tìweeping bitter tears
破涕为笑 (破涕為笑)pò tì wéi xiàoto turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
流鼻涕liú bí tìto have a runny nose

See also: Japanese symbol for “snot”.

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.