Pinyin

Definition

 - 
  1. to cry
  2. to weep aloud
  3. to crow
  4. to hoot
啼 (嗁)
 - 
  1. variant of 啼[tí]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (6)

kū ku tí tí
  1. 1 to weep endlessly
  2. 2 interminable wailing
  1. 1 to cry
  2. 2 to weep aloud
  3. 3 to crow
  4. 4 to hoot
tí kū
  1. 1 to cry
  2. 2 to wail
tí xiào jiē fēi
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 between laughter and tears
tí shēng
  1. 1 ululation
  2. 2 to howl

Idioms (2)

啼笑皆非
tí xiào jiē fēi
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 between laughter and tears
啼饥号寒
tí jī háo hán
  1. 1 hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty

Sample Sentences

慢慢花也活络,听到一声鸡啼。
mànmàn huā yě huóluò ,tīngdào yīshēng jītí 。
Slowly their flowers cluster together and one hears a rooster crow.