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Chinese symbol for “timothy”

提摩太
tí mó tài
Timothy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for timothy is 提摩太 (tí mó tài), defined as: Timothy.

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Characters and stroke order

提 tí
to hold in the hand; to lift, to raise
radical 64 ⼿ · 12 strokes
摩 mó
to scour, to rub, to grind; friction
radical 64 ⼿ · 15 strokes
太 tài
very, too much; big; extreme
radical 37 ⼤ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 提摩太.

WordPinyinMeaning
提供tí gōngto offer; to supply
提出tí chūto raise (an issue); to propose
提高tí gāoto raise; to increase
提升tí shēngto promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist
提醒tí xǐngto remind; to call attention to
提到tí dàoto mention; to raise (a subject)
按摩àn mómassage; to massage
摩托车 (摩托車)mó tuō chē(loanword) motorbike; motorcycle; 辆 (liàng),部 (bù)
太阳 (太陽)tài yangsun; sunlight; sunshine

See also: Japanese symbol for “timothy”.

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.