嚏 meaning and stroke order
To sneeze
How to write 嚏, stroke by stroke
17 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 嚏
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- sneeze
How 嚏 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Mouth.
口 gives the meaning and 疐 hints at the sound.
Radical: 口 (mouth), shared by 428 characters on this site.
How to remember 嚏
嚏 is built from 口 (mouth) on the left, which hints at the meaning, and 疐 on the right, which hints at the sound. Picture a sudden burst coming out of the mouth when you sneeze.
嚏 almost never appears alone. It is used in the word 喷嚏 (pēntì, sneeze), usually in the phrase 打喷嚏 (dǎ pēntì, to sneeze). Example: 我感冒了，一直打喷嚏。(Wǒ gǎnmào le, yìzhí dǎ pēntì.) I have a cold and keep sneezing.
Common mistake: Learners often try to say 嚏 by itself or write 喷 and 嚏 in the wrong order. The fixed form is 喷嚏, and the verb you pair with it is 打 (dǎ), not 做 (zuò) or 有 (yǒu).
Common words with 嚏
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
嚏 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 嚏
How many strokes are in 嚏?
嚏 is written with 17 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 嚏 mean?
嚏 (tì) means to sneeze. A common word with it is 打喷嚏 (dǎpēntì), meaning "to sneeze".
How do you pronounce 嚏?
嚏 is pronounced tì, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 嚏?
The radical of 嚏 is 口, which carries the idea of "mouth". Dictionaries list 嚏 under this radical.
How do you say you sneezed once in Chinese?
Put the measure word 个 (gè) between the parts: 打了一个喷嚏 (dǎ le yí gè pēntì), I sneezed once. This splitting works because 打喷嚏 is a verb plus object phrase.
Is the tì in 喷嚏 said with a full fourth tone?
In dictionaries it is fourth tone, pēntì. In casual speech many speakers say it lightly, so you may hear it closer to a neutral tone.