惕 (tì): fearful, respectful
惕 (tì) is a Chinese character meaning “fearful.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 易 (phonetic). It ranks #2596 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 惕 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- fearful
- respectful
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警惕 | jǐng tì | to be on the alert |
| 警惕性 | jǐng tì xìng | vigilance |
| 惕然 | tì rán | to be afraid, fearful of |
| 惊惕 | jīng tì | to be alarmed |
| 朝乾夕惕 | zhāo qián xī tì | cautious and diligent all day long (idiom) |
| 怵惕 | chù tì | to be alarmed |
惕 appears in 6 compound words: 17 as the first character, 67 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 惕 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
看到孩子的进步，父母惕中十分欣慰。
kàn dào hái zǐ de jìn bù , fù mǔ tì zhōng shí fēn xīn wèi .
Seeing their child's progress, the parents felt deeply gratified.
...到春天头晕的人就变多了?出现这些症状需警惕
. . . dào chūn tiān tóu yūn de rén jiù biàn duō le ? chū xiàn zhè xiē zhèng zhuàng xū jǐng tì
... Are there more people who feel dizzy in spring? These symptoms need to be vigilant
...确诊睡吃症,医生提醒:出现这几类情况需警惕
. . . què zhěn shuì chī zhèng , yī shēng tí xǐng : chū xiàn zhè jī lèi qíng kuàng xū jǐng tì
... When diagnosed with insomnia, the doctor reminds that you need to be vigilant when these types of situations occur
宫腔紫状回声要警惕了?是否为“杂乱回声”的误写需重视吗
gōng qiāng zǐ zhuàng huí shēng yāo jǐng tì le ? shì fǒu wéi zá luàn huí shēng de wù xiě xū chóng shì ma
Should we be vigilant about the purple echo of the uterine cavity? Is it a misspelling of "chaotic echo" that needs to be paid attention to?
...吃成贵州本地人?真相揭秘:这种黄皮肤要警惕!
. . . chī chéng guì zhōu běn dì rén ? zhēn xiāng jiē mì : zhè zhǒng huáng pí fū yāo jǐng tì !
... Eat as a Guizhou native? The truth is revealed: be wary of this yellow skin!
Character Family
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