哭泣
Chinese
| to cry; to weep | to sob | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (哭泣) |
哭 | 泣 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kūqì
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ㄑㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kucì
- Wade–Giles: kʻu1-chʻi4
- Yale: kū-chì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuchih
- Palladius: куци (kuci)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: huk1 jap1
- Yale: hūk yāp
- Cantonese Pinyin: huk7 jap7
- Guangdong Romanization: hug1 yeb1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hʊk̚⁵ jɐp̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-khip
- Tâi-lô: khok-khip
- Phofsit Daibuun: qokqib
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰip̚⁵/
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰip̚³²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kʰip̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-khip
- Tâi-lô: khàu-khip
- Phofsit Daibuun: qao'qib
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰip̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Middle Chinese: khuwk khip
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[kʰ]ˤok k-r̥əp/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰoːɡ kʰrɯb/
Verb
哭泣
- to cry
Synonyms
- 咧咧 (liēlie) (dialectal, of a child)
- 哭 (kū)
- 哭訴 / 哭诉 (kūsù) (to recount tearfully)
- 哭鼻子 (kū bízi) (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, often humorous)
- 啜氣 / 啜气 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 啜泣 (chuòqì)
- 啼 (tí) (literary, or in compounds)
- 啼哭 (tíkū) (to cry loudly)
- 嗆 / 呛 (Hokkien)
- 嗚咽 / 呜咽 (wūyè)
- 大哭 (dàkū) (to weep loudly)
- 忽喇 (hueh4 ci1) (Jin)
- 抽咽 (chōuyè)
- 抽啜 (chōuchuò)
- 抽噎 (chōuyē)
- 抽搭 (chōuda) (colloquial)
- 抽泣 (chōuqì)
- 泣 (literary, or in compounds)
- 流淚 / 流泪 (liúlèi) (to shed tears)
- 流眼淚 / 流眼泪 (liú yǎnlèi) (to shed tears)
- 痛哭 (tòngkū) (to cry bitterly)
- 號哭 / 号哭 (háokū) (to wail)
- 號啕 / 号啕 (háotáo) (to cry loudly)
- 飲泣 / 饮泣 (yǐnqì) (literary, to weep in silence)
Dialectal synonyms of 哭 (“to cry; to weep”) [map]