滴 (dī)
A drop; to drip.
How 滴 is written
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 滴
- Simplified
- 滴 (unchanged)
Components
- 氵 water
- 亠 lid
- 丷 eight/divide
- 欠 yawn
- 子 child
Common words using 滴
- 點滴 diǎndī
- a drip; a little bit; intravenous drip (used to administer drugs)
- 滴答 dīdā
- onomat. pattering sound; drip drip (of water); tick tock (of clock)
- 點點滴滴 diǎndiǎndīdī
- bit by bit; dribs and drabs; the little details
- 垂涎欲滴 chuíxiányùdī
- to drool with desire (idiom); to envy; to hunger for
- 嬌滴滴 jiāodīdī
- sweet; cute; delicately pretty
- 小滴 xiǎodī
- a drop
- 水滴 shuǐdī
- drop
- 水滴石穿 shuǐdīshíchuān
- dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success; You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.; Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
- 涓滴 juāndī
- tiny stream; trickle; drops
- 滴下 dīxià
- drip
- 滴劑 dījì
- to drip (e.g. medical drip feed)
- 滴定 dīdìng
- titration
滴 in a sentence
請珍惜每一滴水，不要浪費。
Qǐng zhēnxī měi yìdī shuǐ, búyào làngfèi.
“Please cherish every drop of water and do not waste it.”
How common is 滴?
滴 is the 1,893rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.7% of all running text.
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