滴

Mandarin · pinyin dī

Meanings

  1. to drip
  2. to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc)
  3. (bound form) a drop (of liquid)
  4. classifier for drops of liquid
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滴
dī · drip; drop of water
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1 · di1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dik1 · dik6

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character · Etymology 1

  1. to drip; to dribble
  2. to drip something into
  3. drop of liquid
  4. Classifier for drops of liquid. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
  5. (Hakka, Southern Min) a little
  6. (Mainland China Hokkien) trace left by a drop of liquid

verb · Etymology 2

  1. (Cantonese, of ball) to bounce against a surface

character · Etymology 3

  1. (cute-sounding) Alternative form of 的².
  2. (cute-sounding) Alternative form of 地².
  3. (cute-sounding) Alternative form of 得 (“Used after a verb or an adjective and before a complement”).

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