涕 (tì): tears, nasal mucus
涕 (tì) is a Chinese character meaning “tears.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 弟 (phonetic). It ranks #2751 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 涕 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- tears
- nasal mucus
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼻涕noun | bí tì | nasal mucus |
| 痛哭流涕phrase | tòng kū liú tì | weeping bitter tears |
| 涕泣verb | tì qì | to weep |
| 一把眼泪一把鼻涕 | yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì | with one's face covered in tears (idiom) |
| 破涕为笑phrase | pò tì wéi xiào | to turn tears into laughter (idiom) |
| 涕泪交加 | tì lèi jiāo jiā | (idiom) weeping uncontrollably |
| 涕泪交流 | tì lèi jiāo liú | tears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom) |
| 感激涕零phrase | gǎn jī tì líng | to shed tears of gratitude (idiom) |
| 流鼻涕verb | liú bí tì | to have a runny nose |
| 涕泗横流phrase | tì sì héng liú | tears and mucus flowing profusely |
| 鼻涕虫noun | bí tì chóng | a slug |
| 拾人涕唾 | shí rén tì tuò | to plagiarize (idiom) |
| 涕泗纵横 | tì sì zòng héng | tears and mucus flowing profusely |
| 擤鼻涕verb | xǐng bí tì | to blow one's nose |
| 涕零verb | tì líng | to shed tears |
涕 appears in 18 compound words: 44 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 22 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 涕 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (9)
to shed tears of gratitude; to be overwhelmingly moved by another person's kindness
to turn from weeping to smiling, usually depicting a change in one's emotional state from being sad to being happy
to shed tears of gratitude; to be overwhelmingly moved by another person's kindness
to turn from weeping to smiling, usually depicting a change in one's emotional state from being sad to being happy
Example Sentences
这条涕流经三个省份,滋养了沿岸的农田。
zhè tiáo tì liú jīng sān gě shěng fèn , zī yǎng le yán àn de nóng tián .
This river flows through three provinces, nourishing the farmland along its banks.
南阳市市民 张雅晴:最近天气转凉,昼夜温差大,我经常感觉嗓子干、嗓子痒,鼻塞流清涕。
nán yáng shì shì mín zhāng yǎ qíng : zuì jìn tiān qì zhuǎn liáng , zhòu yè wēn chā dà , wǒ jīng cháng gǎn jué sǎng zǐ gān , sǎng zǐ yǎng , bí sāi liú qīng tì .
Zhang Yaqing, a resident of Nanyang City: “The weather has turned cooler recently, and there’s a big difference between day and night temperatures. I often feel a dry, itchy throat, and I have a stuffy nose with a clear runny nose.”
回吸性涕血是鼻咽癌的主要信号之一。
huí xī xìng tì xiě shì bí yān ái de zhǔ yāo xìn hào zhī yī .
Retrograde epistaxis is one of the primary warning signs of nasopharyngeal cancer.
通气效果是有的,但鼻腔被鼻涕填满之后,你再怎么打开都没有意义了。
tōng qì xiào guǒ shì yǒu de , dàn bí qiāng bèi bí tì tián mǎn zhī hòu , nǐ zài zěn má dǎ kāi dōu méi yǒu yì yì le .
It does help clear your sinuses, but once your nasal passages are completely filled with mucus, it doesn't matter how much you try to clear them—it won't do any good.
黏液脓血便: 排出的大便中不仅有血,还混有像鼻涕一样的黏液,甚至黄白色的脓液。
nián yè 脓 xiě biàn : pái chū de dà biàn zhōng bù jǐn yǒu xiě , hái hùn yǒu xiàng bí tì yī yàng de nián yè , shèn zhì huáng bái sè de 脓 yè .
Mucus, pus, and blood in the stool: The stool contains not only blood but also mucus that resembles snot, and even yellowish-white pus.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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