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啼
嗁
tí
1. variant of [[啼<tí>]]
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
悲啼
bēití
to wail with grief
啼声
tíshēng
ululation
啼啭
tízhuàn
to call sweetly (of birds)
杜鹃啼血
dùjuāntíxuè
the cuckoo cries blood
哭哭啼啼
kūkutítí
to weep endlessly
柳啼花怨
liǔtíhuāyuàn
desolate
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

Alternate Entries

啼
tí
to cry / to weep aloud / to crow / to hoot

Metadata

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