啼
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly
- 2.(bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech
- 1.variant of 啼[tí]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to cry loudly; to wail
- 2.to cry; to weep
- 3.to call; to cry; to howl
- 4.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *deː): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 帝 (OC *teːɡs).
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Components
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Derived terms
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Related words
悲啼 to wail with grief啼声 ululation啼哭 to cry啼啭 to call sweetly (of birds)柳啼花怨 desolate啼饥号寒 (idiom) to cry from hunger and cold; to suffer extreme poverty杜鹃啼血 lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom)哭哭啼啼 to weep endlessly尖声啼哭 squeal啼笑皆非 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)