| tí | to cry/to weep aloud/to crow/to hoot |
| 啼 | to cry to weep aloud to crow |
| 啼叫 | crow |
| 啼号 | wail |
| 啼哭 | cry; wail |
| 啼声 | ululation to howl |
| 啼笑皆非 | lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing in a desperate state between laughter and tears |
| 啼饥号寒 | hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty |
| 啼鸣 | cry of birds or animals |