滴滴涕

Chinese

		a drop; to drip	a drop; to drip	nasal mucus; tears
simp. and trad. (滴滴涕)		滴	滴	涕

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English DDT.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīdītì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ ㄉㄧ ㄊㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): di¹ di¹ ti¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīdītì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ㄉㄧ ㄊㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diditì
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹-ti¹-tʻi⁴
    • Yale: dī-dī-tì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diditih
    • Palladius: дидити (diditi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ ti⁵⁵ tʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: di¹ di¹ ti¹
    • Yale: dī dī tī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: di¹ di¹ ti¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: di¹ di¹ ti¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiː⁵⁵ tiː⁵⁵ tʰiː⁵⁵/

Noun

滴滴涕

1. (organic chemistry) DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)