Chinese symbol for “teardrop”
泪水
lèi shuǐ
Traditional: 淚水
teardrop; tears
The closest CC-CEDICT match for teardrop is 泪水 (lèi shuǐ), defined as: teardrop; tears.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “teardrop”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼泪 (眼淚) | yǎn lèi | tear; teardrop; measure word: 滴 (dī) |
| 泪珠 (淚珠) | lèi zhū | teardrop; tear |
| 泪滴 (淚滴) | lèi dī | teardrop |
| 珍珠 | zhēn zhū | pearl (颗 (kē),粒 (lì)); (fig.) teardrop; tear |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 泪水.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼泪 (眼淚) | yǎn lèi | tear; teardrop; measure word: 滴 (dī) |
| 流泪 (流淚) | liú lèi | to shed tears |
| 落泪 (落淚) | luò lèi | to shed tears; to weep |
| 催泪弹 (催淚彈) | cuī lèi dàn | tear bomb; tear-gas grenade |
| 含泪 (含淚) | hán lèi | tearful; tearfully |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement; measure word: 袋 (dài) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “teardrop”.
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.