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Information of 哭

Pinyin kū

Radical

口

Strokes

10 strokes

Usage

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Definition

to cry / to weep

哭 [kū] Verb 1. To cry out with tears due to pain or sorrow. 例如: 哭喊 (cry out), 哭泣 (weep), 哭诉 (lament), 哭腔 (crying tone), 啼哭 (to wail), 长歌当哭 (to sing long songs while crying). 2. To express condolences, to commemorate the deceased and comfort their family. 例如: 哭先祖 (to mourn ancestors). 3. To sing. 例如: 曾经以哭见于孟尝君 (once seen through crying before Meng Chang Jun). 本义: Sadness expressed in sound and tears together. 造字法: An ideogram. The oracle bone script form is linked to (xuān), indicating calling out; the middle represents a figure in a supplicating posture. 引例: 1. 《说文》: 哭，哀声也 (Crying is a lamenting sound). 2. 张博《五人墓碑记》: 哭声震天动地 (Crying sounds shake the heavens and earth). 3. 《左传·僖公三十三年》: 秦伯素服郊次，向师而哭 (The Duke of Qin, in plain clothing, cried toward the army). 4. 《左传·僖公三十二年》: 蹇叔之子与师，哭而送之 (The son of Jian Shu wept as he saw him off). 5. 《苛政猛于虎》: 有妇人哭于墓者而哀 (There was a woman weeping at the grave with sorrow). 例句: 又如: 哭哭嘶嘶 (cry while shouting); 哭唠叨 (weeping and narrating, a dialect term); 哭踊 (crying and dancing, an ancient funeral etiquette); 哭临 (to weep at the scene, in ancient times, emperors' funerals often gathered people to wail).

又哭又闹 yòu kū yòu nào

Crying and making noise

哭声 kū shēng

sound of weeping

哭泣 kū qì

to weep

痛哭 tòng kū

to cry bitterly

哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé

lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears

啼哭 tí kū

to cry / to wail

哭叫 kū jiào

Cry

哭喊 kū hǎn

to wail

哭哭啼啼 kū ku tí tí

to weep endlessly / interminable wailing

哭诉 kū sù

to lament / to complain tearfully / to wail accusingly

痛哭流涕 tòng kū liú tì

weeping bitter tears

哭闹 kū nào

cry and scream

号哭 háo kū

to bawl / to wail / to cry

号啕大哭 háo táo dà kū

Crying

抱头痛哭 bào tóu tòng kū

to weep disconsolately / to cry on each other's shoulder

哭腔 kū qiāng

sobbing tone / sob / dirge / opera tune portraying mourning

恸哭 tòng kū

wail / lamentation

鬼哭狼嚎 guǐ kū láng háo

to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)

哭喊声 kū hǎn shēng

Crying

嚎哭 háo kū

to bawl / to cry / to wail / to howl / also written 號哭|号哭[hao2 ku1]

鬼哭神嚎 guǐ kū shén háo

moaning like ghosts and howling like spirits / a dreadful clamor

大哭 dà kū

to cry loudly

哭天抹泪 kū tiān mǒ lèi

to wail and whine / piteous weeping

哭泣声 kū qì shēng

Crying

哭丧着脸 kū sang zhe liǎn

sullen / to scowl miserably

哭丧棒 kū sāng bàng

mourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety