滴 dī
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 啇 stalk, stem, root, foot, base
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
滴
dī
to drip; measure word
Character
Example phrases
- 雨水沿着屋檐一滴一滴落下，打破了夜里的寂静。 Yǔshuǐ yánzhe wūyán yì dī yì dī luò xià, dǎpò le yèli de jìjìng. Rainwater fell drop by drop along the eaves, breaking the silence of the night.
- 水龙头没关紧，一直在滴水。 Shuǐlóngtóu méi guān jǐn, yìzhí zài dī shuǐ. The tap isn't turned off tightly and keeps dripping.
- 请在茶里滴几滴蜂蜜，味道会更好。 Qǐng zài chá lǐ dī jǐ dī fēngmì, wèidào huì gèng hǎo. Please add a few drops of honey to the tea; it will taste better.
Related words
- 水滴石穿 shuǐdīshíchuān constant dripping wears away stone; persistence brings success
- 淋 lín to drench, to pour
- 粘 zhān to stick, to glue
- 灭 miè to extinguish, to destroy
- 撒 sǎ to sprinkle
- 割 gē to cut
- 塞 sāi to stuff, cork
- 砍 kǎn to cut, to chop
- 掏 tāo to pull out, to dig out
- 挖 wā to dig
- 拖 tuō to drag, to pull
- 埋 mái to bury