Chinese symbol for “whirling”
滴溜溜
dī liū liū
whirling; spinning around and around; round and plump (e.g. of fruit)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for whirling is 滴溜溜 (dī liū liū), defined as: whirling; spinning around and around; round and plump (e.g. of fruit).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “whirling”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洄 | huí | eddying; whirling (of water) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 滴溜溜.
| 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 |
| 溜冰 | liū bīng | ice skating; (slang) to do meth |
| 溜达 (溜達) | liū da | to stroll; to go for a walk |
| 溜走 | liū zǒu | to slip away; to leave secretly |
See also: Japanese symbol for “whirling”.
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.