滴

dī

verb HSK 6 #2,709

Meanings

Shuǐlóngtóu zài dī shuǐ.

The faucet is dripping.

Yī dī shuǐ yě méiyǒu le.

There isn't a single drop of water left.

Hàn shuǐ yī dī yī dī de liú xiàlái.

Sweat dripped down drop by drop.

Qǐng dī liǎng dī yǎn yào shuǐ.

Please apply two drops of eye drops.

usage

滴 doubles as both a verb (to drip) and a measure word (a drop of). 一滴水 (a drop of water), 一滴血 (a drop of blood), 一滴泪 (a drop of tears).

memory

氵(water) + 啇 (dī, phonetic). The water radical clearly connects to drops of liquid.

滴 dī