屉 (tì): drawer, tier, tray
屉 (tì) is a Chinese character meaning “drawer.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 尸 (structural) and 世 (structural). It ranks #2814 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- drawer
- tier
- tray
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抽屉 | chōu ti | drawer |
| 屉子 | tì zi | drawer |
| 三屉桌 | sān tì zhuō | three-drawer desk (traditional Chinese piece of furniture) |
| 笼屉 | lóng tì | bamboo steamer (for buns or dim sum) |
屉 appears in 4 compound words: 25 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 25 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 屉 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
写好屉字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo tì zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "屉" correctly, one must master the proper stroke order.
汤姆从抽屉里拿出一把锅铲。
Tāngmǔ cóng chōuti lǐ náchū yī bǎ guōchǎn.
Tom took a spatula out of the drawer.
屠夫的刀子在抽屉里
Túfū de dāozi zài chōuti lǐ
The butcher knife is in the drawer.
我忘记锁上抽屉了。
Wǒ wàngjì suǒshàng chōuti le.
I forgot to lock the drawer.
办公桌的抽屉是开着的。
Bàngōng zhuō de chōuti shì kāi zhe de.
The desk drawer is open.
他小心地把他的东西放进了抽屉。
Tā xiǎoxīn de bǎ tā de dōngxi fàngjìn le chōuti.
He carefully put his things in the drawer.
抽屉里有一双穿过的红色丝袜。
Chōuti lǐ yǒu yī shuāng chuānguò de hóngsè sīwà.
There is a pair of worn red stockings in the drawer.
最上面的抽屉里应该有一盒火柴。
Zuì shàngmiàn de chōuti lǐ yīnggāi yǒu yī hé huǒchái.
There should be a box of matches in the top drawer.
我的书桌很吓人：那么多那么有用抽屉，放在那么小、刚够伸腿的地方。
Wǒ de shūzhuō hěn xià rén: nàme duō nàme yǒuyòng chōuti, fàng zài nàme xiǎo, gāng gòu shēn tuǐ de dìfang.
My writing desk, a place of dread: an incredible number of incredibly useful drawers - combined with incredibly little legspace.
Character Family
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