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tì

Meanings

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tì
  1. 1.tears
  2. 2.nasal mucus

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.tear (from the eyes)
  2. 2.nasal mucus; snot; snivel

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tʰiːlʔ, *tʰiːls): semantic 氵 + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls). Cognate with 洟 (OC *l̥ʰiːls, *lil), and along with it, traditionally derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water”) and compared with Tibetan མཆི་མ (mchi ma, “tears”) (Schuessler, 2007). However, based on the Baxter-Sagart reconstruction, note stronger resemblance to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rəj (“water; liquid; body fluid”), whence Burmese ရေ (re, “water”).

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Stroke order

Components

涕氵弟

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Synonyms

淚眼淚淚水淚液眼淚兒淚兒淚顆淚顆兒眼淚花兒眼淚水眼流水眼睛水兒眼睛水眼淚水兒眼淚子眼雨眼露水眼水眼力水眼睛馬尿眼汁眼涕目水目汁眼泣水眼鼻水淚蛋蛋目澤目澤水

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Derived terms

出涕含涕垂涕屑涕感涕感激流涕感激涕泗感激涕零慟哭流涕恸哭流涕拾人涕唾排愁破涕掩涕攬涕揽涕泣涕洵涕流涕涕泗涕泣涕泗交下涕泗交流涕泗交頤涕泗交颐涕泗橫流涕泗横流涕泗滂沱涕泗縱橫涕泗纵横涕洟

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Related words

鼻涕 nasal mucus; snivel; snot涕泣 to weep涕唾 nasal mucus and spittle涕零 to shed tears流鼻涕 to have a runny nose滴滴涕 (loanword) DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)擤鼻涕 to blow one's nose鼻涕虫 a slug感激涕零 to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears涕泗滂沱 a flood of tears and mucus涕泗纵横 tears and mucus flowing profusely痛哭流涕 weeping bitter tears