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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kū | ku1
English translation
to cry
to weep
to weep, to cry, to wail

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To shed a tear from your eyes  kǒu over a person  quǎn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱⿰口口犬

Explanation

Depicts the howl ( sòng ) of a dog ( quǎn ).

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shuì shí yòu dǎo 下去 xià qù , 两手 àn yǎn , 胸脯 xiōng pú sǒng 一耸 de .

She then fell back down, put her hands over her eyes, and heaved with sobs.

ér 春宝 què kào zài zào biān 起来 qǐlai le .

Chun Bao , standing beside the stove, started crying.

真教不得 bù dé xiào 不得 bù dé !

I don't know whether to laugh or to cry!

苔丝直哭得声咽气 yàn qì jiē ,肝肠断绝 duànjué ;因为 yīnwèi biē le 这些 zhè xiē tiān le , dào 今天 jīntiān cái 一齐 yī qí dōu 发泄 fā xiè 出来 chū lái .

Tess was convulsed with weeping, the tension of so many days having relaxed at last.

颠动 zhāo 婴儿 yīngér , hōng 不再 bù zài .

He dandled the baby to make him stop crying.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to cry
哭泣 kūqì to weep哭泣 kūqì
哭声 kū shēng sound of weeping哭聲
痛哭 tòng kū to cry bitterly痛哭 tòng kū
哭喊 kū hǎn to wail哭喊 kū hǎn
哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé between laughter and tears哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé
哭诉 kū sù to lament哭訴
哭哭啼啼 kū ku tí tí to weep endlessly哭哭啼啼 kū ku tí tí
哭鼻子 kū bí zi to snivel (usually humorous)哭鼻子 kū bí zi
痛哭流涕 tòng kū liú tì weeping bitter tears痛哭流涕 tòng kū liú tì
啼哭 tí kū to cry啼哭 tí kū
哭丧着脸 kū sang zhe liǎn sullen哭喪著臉
抱头痛哭 bào tóu tòng kū to weep disconsolately抱頭痛哭
放声大哭 fàng shēng dà kū to burst into tears放聲大哭
嚎啕大哭 háo táo dà kū to wail嚎啕大哭 háo táo dà kū
哭丧 kū sāng to wail at a funeral哭喪
哭腔 kū qiāng sob哭腔 kū qiāng
哭穷 kū qióng to bewail one's poverty哭窮
鬼哭狼嚎 guǐ kū láng háo to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)鬼哭狼嚎 guǐ kū láng háo
嚎哭 háo kū to bawl嚎哭 háo kū
哭脸 kū liǎn to weep哭臉

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