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): ㄉㄧㄉㄧㄊㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): di¹ di¹ ti¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dīdītì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄉㄧㄊㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diditih
  - IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ ti⁵⁵ tʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: di¹ di¹ ti¹
  - Yale: dī dī tī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: di¹ di¹ ti¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: di¹ di¹ ti¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tiː⁵⁵ tiː⁵⁵ tʰiː⁵⁵/

Noun

滴滴涕

(organic chemistry) DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)

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