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啼
tí
1. to cry
2. to weep aloud
3. to crow
4. to hoot
Common • Top 9% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

啼
tí
to weep, to whimper; to howl; to crow
12 丶

Compound Words (10)

啼哭
tíkū
to cry
啼啭
tízhuàn
to call sweetly (of birds)
啼声
tíshēng
ululation
悲啼
bēití
to wail with grief
哭哭啼啼
kūkutítí
to weep endlessly
啼笑皆非
tíxiàojiēfēi
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing
啼饥号寒
tíjīháohán
hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
尖声啼哭
jiānshēngtíkū
squeal
杜鹃啼血
dùjuāntíxuè
the cuckoo cries blood
柳啼花怨
liǔtíhuāyuàn
desolate

Alternate Entries

啼
tí
variant of [[啼<tí>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,912
Word Frequency Rank
7,693 of 84,292