Translation of 啼 to English with examples of 啼 -Chinese-English dictionary Trainchinese

啼

tí

char. cry, weep aloud; (of certain birds and animals) crow, hoot

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CHARACTER COMPOSITION

RADICAL

口 mouth

SIMILAR CHARACTERS

WRITE STROKE BY STROKE

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.

EXAMPLES

啼笑皆非

tí xiào jiē fēi

idiom. not to know whether to laugh or cry

两岸猿声啼不住

兩岸猿聲啼不住

liǎng àn yuán shēng tí bú zhù

phr. With monkeys' sad adieus the riverbanks are loud (from the poem "Leaving The White Emperor Town at Dawn" by Li Bai, translated by Xu Yuanchong)

猿啼狼啸

猿啼狼嘯

yuán tí láng xiào

phr. monkeys cry and wolves roar

一只斑鸠在电线上咕咕啼叫

一隻斑鳩在電線上咕咕啼叫

yì zhī bān jiū zài diàn xiàn shàng gū gū tí jiào

phr. One mourning turtle-dove is croaking on the power line.

毗林而居，不畏枭啼。

毗林而居，不畏梟啼。

pí lín ér jū bú wèi xiāo tí

phr. (ancient Chinese) One have live too near a wood to be frightened by owl.