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| 啼 | |
tai4
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to cry (especially said of birds) Stroke count: 12
Level: 4
Radical: 口 (#30)
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| 啼 | |
| This character was last edited on 14th Nov 2007 | |
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啼哭
tai4 huk1 = cry; wail; whimper國
啼笑皆非
tai4 siu3 gaai1 fei1 = not know whether to laugh or cry
悲啼
bei1 tai4 = to cry mournfully; to sob with grief
哭哭啼啼
huk1 huk1 tai4 tai4 = to whimper, blubber國 |
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Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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Decimal representation of this word: 啼
Unicode code for this character: U+557C (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 啼
Unicode code for this character: U+557C (off-site link)
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