嚏 (tì): sneeze

嚏 (tì) is a Chinese character meaning “sneeze.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 疐 (phonetic). It ranks #3018 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 嚏 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 吃 (chī, to eat), 喝 (hē, to drink).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 口 mouth17 strokesFrequency #3018口 semantic疐 phonetic

Definitions

  1. sneeze

Etymology & Origin

嚏

pictophoneticmouth

Decomposition: ⿰口疐 (layout: left-right)

Components:口semantic疐phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
打喷嚏dǎ pēn tìto sneeze
喷嚏pēn tìsneeze
阿嚏ā tì(onom.) a-choo (sound of a sneeze)
打嚏喷dǎ tì pento sneeze
喷嚏剂pēn tì jìsternutator
嚏喷tì pensneeze
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Total compounds
17
As first character
50
As last character
33
As middle character

嚏 appears in 6 compound words: 17 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 33 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 嚏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

喷pēn
0.6311,212 co-occurrences
嗽sòu
0.590162 co-occurrences
咳hāi
0.51390 co-occurrences
打dǎ
0.4852,046 co-occurrences
鼻bí
0.422120 co-occurrences
敏mǐn
0.389162 co-occurrences
草cǎo
0.333126 co-occurrences
熊xióng
0.29330 co-occurrences
魔mó
0.28766 co-occurrences
根gēn
0.286120 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

他嚏才很好，能言善辩，是个出色的律师。

tā tì cái hěn hǎo , néng yán shàn biàn , shì gè chū sè de lǜ shī .

He has a great sense of humor, is eloquent, and is an outstanding lawyer.

Character Family

口 Radical Family — Characters sharing the mouth radical

啊a哎āi哀āi唉āi叭bā吧ba哺bǔ嘈cáo唱chàng嘲cháo

Related Characters

口kǒu吃chī喝hē问wèn叫jiào响xiǎng名míng吐tǔ可kě吗ma

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 嚏 (tì) mean in Chinese?
嚏 (tì) primarily means "sneeze." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3018 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 嚏 have?
嚏 is written with 17 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 嚏?
The radical associated with 嚏 is 口 (mouth). This radical appears in many characters related to mouth.
What are the components of 嚏?
嚏 is composed of: 口 (semantic), 疐 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰口疐 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 嚏?
Common words with 嚏 include: 打喷嚏 (dǎ pēn tì, "to sneeze"); 喷嚏 (pēn tì, "sneeze"); 阿嚏 (ā tì, "(onom.) a-choo (sound of a sneeze)"); 打嚏喷 (dǎ tì pen, "to sneeze"); 喷嚏剂 (pēn tì jì, "sternutator"). There are over 6 compound words containing this character.
Is 嚏 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 嚏 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.