號啕

Chinese

		number; call; name number; call; name; roar; cry	wail
trad. (號啕)		號	啕
simp. (号啕)		号	啕
alternative forms		號咷／号咷嚎咷嚎啕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): háotáo

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ ㄊㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶ tou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: háotáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ ㄊㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: háotáo
  - Wade–Giles: hao²-tʻao²
  - Yale: háu-táu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haurtaur
  - Palladius: хаотао (xaotao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou⁶ tou⁴
  - Yale: houh tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶ tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶ tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²² tʰou̯²¹/

Verb

號啕

to cry loudly; to wail

Synonyms

咧咧 (liēlie) (dialectal, of a child)
哭 (kū)
哭泣 (kūqì)
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)
飲泣 / 饮泣 (yǐnqì) (literary, to weep in silence)