剃 (tì): to shave, shave, to weed
剃 (tì) is a Chinese character meaning “to shave.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 弟 (phonetic) and 刂 (semantic). It ranks #2868 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 剃 knife. Its radical form 刂 (knife) appears in many related characters such as 分 (fēn, to divide), 别 (bié, to leave), 到 (dào, to reach).
Definitions
- to shave
- shave
- to weed
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剃刀noun | tì dāo | razor |
| 剃须刀noun | tì xū dāo | shaver |
| 剃头verb | tì tóu | to have one's head shaved |
| 剃度verb | tì dù | to take the tonsure |
| 剃头挑子一头热 | tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè | lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom) |
| 剃光头verb | tì guāng tóu | to shave the whole head clean |
| 剃发令 | tì fà lìng | the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646 |
| 鬼剃头noun | guǐ tì tóu | spot baldness (alopecia areata) |
| 奥卡姆剃刀noun | ào kǎ mǔ tì dāo | Occam's razor |
| 剃发留辫 | tì fà liú biàn | to shave the head but keep the queue |
| 剃须 | tì xū | to shave (facial hair) |
| 剃须膏 | tì xū gāo | shaving cream |
剃 appears in 12 compound words: 83 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 17 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 剃 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
剃字虽然难写,但意思很有趣。
tì zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
The character "shave" is difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.
缺点:噪音较大,用起来有点震手 优点:剃须干净,体积超小。
quē diǎn : zào yīn jiào dà , yòng qǐ lái yǒu diǎn zhèn shǒu yōu diǎn : tì xū gān jìng , tǐ jī chāo xiǎo .
Cons: It's a bit noisy and vibrates a little when in use. Pros: It provides a close shave and is extremely compact.
还有一个非常典型的表现叫“剃刀背”,就是孩子弯腰时背部一侧明显隆起。
hái yǒu yī gè fēi cháng diǎn xíng de biǎo xiàn jiào tì dāo bèi , jiù shì hái zǐ wān yāo shí bèi bù yī cè míng xiǎn lóng qǐ .
Another very common symptom is called a “razor-back,” which is when one side of a child’s back bulges noticeably when they bend over.
最重磅还把我的陈年老剃须刀拿出来了,整锅水立马浑浊化汤。
zuì chóng bàng hái bǎ wǒ de chén nián lǎo tì xū dāo ná chū lái le , zhěng guō shuǐ lì mǎ hún zhuó huà tāng .
To top it all off, he even pulled out my old razor, and the entire pot of water immediately turned murky.
造剃须刀时,徕芬找到的第一个差异点在电机框架上。
zào tì xū dāo shí , 徕 fēn zhǎo dào de dì yī gè chā yì diǎn zài diàn jī kuàng jià shàng .
When designing razors, Leifen identified the motor frame as the first area for differentiation.
为演好潘月亭这个角色,他主动增肥、剃光头,彻底放下“美男子”标签。
wéi yǎn hǎo pān yuè tíng zhè gè jiǎo sè , tā zhǔ dòng zēng féi , tì guāng tóu , chè de fàng xià měi nán zǐ biāo qiān .
To play the role of Pan Yue-ting convincingly, he took the initiative to gain weight and shave his head, completely shedding his “heartthrob” image.
他一如往常,没有剃胡子就上班去了。
Tā yīrúwǎngcháng, méiyǒu tì húzi jiù shàngbān qù le.
As is often the case with him, he went to the office without shaving.
我已经决定把我的头发剃了。
Wǒ yǐjīng juédìng bǎ wǒ de tóufa tì le.
I've decided to shave my head.
剃须刀发出了嗡嗡的响声。
Tìxūdāo fāchū le wēngwēng de xiǎngshēng.
The razor made a buzzing sound.
我本该在买下这个电动剃须刀之前试一下的。
Wǒ běn gāi zài mǎi xià zhège diàndòng tìxūdāo zhīqián shì yīxià de.
I should have tried out this electric shaver before buying it.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 刂 (knife) component
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