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noun | chōu ti | drawer |
| 屉子noun | tì zi | drawer |
| 三屉桌 | sān tì zhuō | three-drawer desk (traditional Chinese piece of furniture) |
| 笼屉noun | 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.
该模式整合了“简易模式”的快速联系人呼叫入口以及上滑呼出的传统应用抽屉。
gāi mó shì zhěng gě le jiǎn yì mó shì de kuài sù lián xì rén hū jiào rù kǒu yǐ jí shàng huá hū chū de chuán tǒng yīng yòng chōu tì .
This mode combines the quick contact dialing shortcut from "Simple Mode" with the traditional app drawer that opens by swiping up.
抽屉导轨的微调: 导轨上的螺丝小且脆弱。
chōu tì dǎo guǐ de wēi diào : dǎo guǐ shàng de luó sī xiǎo qiě cuì ruò .
Fine-Tuning Drawer Slides: The screws on the slides are small and fragile.
花了一番功夫,终于挑到一款价格、款式都符合我需求的免安装日式抽屉柜。
huā le yī fān gōng fū , zhōng yú tiāo dào yī kuǎn jià gé , kuǎn shì dōu fú gě wǒ xū qiú de miǎn ān zhuāng rì shì chōu tì guì .
After some effort, I finally found a Japanese-style chest of drawers that didn't require assembly and met my needs in terms of both price and style.
那么,我们就来聊聊这个“抽屉”。
nà má , wǒ men jiù lái liáo liáo zhè gè chōu tì .
So, let’s talk about this “drawer.”
左侧抽屉栏中可以快速切换不同文件夹。
zuǒ cè chōu tì lán zhōng kě yǐ kuài sù qiē huàn bù tóng wén jiàn jiā .
You can quickly switch between different folders in the left-hand drawer panel.
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.
Character Family
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