| 涕 | |||
| tear; snivel, nasal mucus | |||
| Radical | 水氵氺𣱱 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 7 | Total Strokes | 10 |
| Mandarin reading | tì | Cantonese reading | tai3 |
| Japanese on reading | tei | Japanese kun reading | namida naku hanashiru |
| Korean reading | chey | Vietnamese reading | |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 䶏 | ||
| 涕泗横流 | [ tì sì héng liú ] tears and mucus flowing profusely, sniveling, in a tragic state |
| 涕泗纵横 | [ tì sì zòng héng ] tears and mucus flowing profusely, sniveling, in a tragic state |
| 涕泪交流 | [ tì leì liú ] tears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom); weeping tragically |
| ⇒ 一把眼泪一把鼻涕 | [ yī bǎ yǎn leì yī bǎ bí tì ] with one's face covered in tears (idiom) |
| ⇒ 破涕为笑 | [ pò tì weí ] to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness |
| ⇒ 鼻涕虫 | [ bí tì chóng ] a slug, sb with a runny nose |