Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- tì
English
- tear
- tears
- snivel, nasal mucus
- nasal mucus
- nasal mucus ----
- tears
粵語
- 鼻涕
- 眼淚
Variants
Words containing 涕
- 鼻涕bei6 tai3
nasal mucus; snivel; snot
- 鼻涕蟲bei6 tai3 cung4
a slug
- 擤鼻涕sang3 bei6 tai3
to blow one's nose
- 涕泣tai3 jap1
to weep
- 涕唾tai3 to3
nasal mucus and spittle
- 痛哭流涕tung3 huk1 lau4 tai3
weeping bitter tears
- 破涕為笑po3 tai3 wai4 siu3
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
- 涕零tai3 ling4
to shed tears
- 流鼻涕lau4 bei6 tai3
to have a runny nose
- 滴滴涕dik6 dik6 tai3
(loanword) DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
- 感激流涕gam2 gik1 lau4 tai3
very grateful to the extent of shedding tears
- 涕淚交流tai3 leoi6 gaau1 lau4
tears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom); weeping tragically
- 感激涕零gam2 gik1 tai3 ling4
to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears
- 涕泗橫流tai3 si3 waang4 lau4
tears and mucus flowing profusely
- 拾人涕唾sap6 jan4 tai3 to3
to plagiarize (idiom)
- 涕泗縱橫tai3 si3 zung1 waang4
tears and mucus flowing profusely
- 涕淚交加tai3 leoi6 gaau1 gaa1
(idiom) weeping uncontrollably
- 涕泗滂沱tai3 si3 pong4 to4
a flood of tears and mucus
- 一把眼淚一把鼻涕jat1 baa2 ngaan5 leoi6 jat1 baa2 bei6 tai3
with one's face covered in tears (idiom)