HSK 6 · Body

鼻涕 bítì “nasal mucus” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 鼻涕 means

  1. nasal mucus
  2. runny nose
  3. snivel
  4. snot

How to say 鼻涕

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale鼻bí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale涕tì4th tone, falling

鼻涕 in a sentence

  1. 我流鼻涕。

    Wǒ liú bítì.

    I have a runny nose.

    Sentence #9432378 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 鼻涕 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 鼻 (bí) with each of its parts in a different colour
鼻bínose
  • 自self · zìMeaning part
  • 畀to give · bìSound part

自 hints at the meaning (self); 畀 (bì) hints at the sound. Compare it with bí.

The character 涕 (tì) with each of its parts in a different colour
涕tìtears
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 弟young brother · dìSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 弟 (dì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tì.

How to write 鼻涕

鼻 14 strokes · 涕 10 strokes

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鼻涕 (bítì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 鼻涕 (bítì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 鼻涕

Words with 鼻

鼻子bízi · nose

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FAQs

鼻涕 (bítì) means “nasal mucus” or “runny nose”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bítì: bí with a 2nd tone, then tì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 鼻涕 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biti with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 鼻涕 from the suggestions. Typing biti into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
鼻涕 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.