哭哭啼啼
Chinese
| to cry; to weep | to cry; to weep | mourn; to cry; hoof | mourn; to cry; hoof | ||
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| simp. and trad. (哭哭啼啼) |
哭 | 哭 | 啼 | 啼 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kūkutítí
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ˙ㄎㄨ ㄊㄧˊ ㄊㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kukůtítí
- Wade–Giles: kʻu1-kʻu5-tʻi2-tʻi2
- Yale: kū-ku-tí-tí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ku.kutyityi
- Palladius: кукутити (kukutiti)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu⁵⁵ kʰu² tʰi³⁵ tʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: huk1 huk1 tai4 tai4
- Yale: hūk hūk tàih tàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: huk7 huk7 tai4 tai4
- Guangdong Romanization: hug1 hug1 tei4 tei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hʊk̚⁵ hʊk̚⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹ tʰɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
哭哭啼啼
- to cry continuously; to weep endlessly; to weep and wail
- 這如今才好些，又這樣哭哭啼啼，豈不是自己蹧蹋了自己身子。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
- Zhè rújīn cái hǎoxiē, yòu zhèyàng kūkūtítí, qǐ bùshì zìjǐ zāotà le zìjǐ shēnzǐ. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
这如今才好些，又这样哭哭啼啼，岂不是自己蹧蹋了自己身子。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- 他夫人還帶著病，一個三歲的女孩子，一路哭哭啼啼，這番辛苦，也儘夠受了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: 《文明小史》第二八回
- Tā fūrén hái dàizhe bìng, yīge sān suì de nǚháizǐ, yīlù kūkūtítí, zhèfān xīnkǔ, yě jǐn gòushòu le. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
他夫人还带着病，一个三岁的女孩子，一路哭哭啼啼，这番辛苦，也尽够受了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
- 啼啼哭哭
References
- “哭哭啼啼”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.