tì

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ti"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of tì – see 戴 (“to wear something on the head; to carry on the head; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 戴).

Mandarin

Romanization

tì (ti⁴, Zhuyin ㄊㄧˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俤
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俴／𠈙
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 倜
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 剃
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚏, 嚔
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屜／屉
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弝
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悈
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悌
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悐
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惕
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惖
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 掦
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 揥
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 擿
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 替
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棔
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 歒
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殢／𣨼
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 洟
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 涕
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 狄
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 睼
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籊
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 綇
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 绦
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 肅／肃
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薙／剃
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 裼
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 褅
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詁／诂
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趯
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 躈
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 辺
35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 迏
36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 迖
37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 逖
38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 逷
39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 達／达
40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遥
41. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 銻／锑
42. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錥／𫓾
43. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鐟
44. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 锑
45. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 锟
46. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髢
47. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髰
48. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬀
49. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬄
50. Hanyu Pinyin reading of T
51. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 䶏

Rawang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰi˧˩/

Noun

tì

1. water.

Synonyms

• wàng

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From English tea, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰiː/

Noun

tì f (plural titheachan)

1. tea

   A bheil e a’ faighinn tì? ― Is he getting tea?

Alternative forms

• (chiefly Lewis and Harris) teatha

Derived terms

• spàin-tì

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰiː/

Noun

tì m (genitive singular tì)

1. purpose, intention

Tho

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiː²/

Verb

tì

1. (Cuối Chăm) to go

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• tỳ

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ti˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɪj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɪj˨˩]

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Etymology 1

Verb

tì

1. to press
   • 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 8, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:

     Linh tính bảo cho anh biết nhất định đã xảy ra chuyện chẳng lành. Anh tì mạnh trán vào chạc cây.

     His foreboding told him something not good had definitely happened. He strongly pressed his forehead against the fork in the tree.

See also

Derived terms

• tì đè

 

Etymology 2

Short from tì bà (“pipa”), Sino-Vietnamese word from 琵.

Noun

(classifier đàn) tì

1. pipa