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哭

kū

HSK 3 Character

What 哭 means

1. to cry; to weep

Example sentences

• 别哭。
  Don't cry.
• 她痛哭。
  Tā tòngkū.
  She cried bitterly.
• 我想哭。
  I feel like crying.
• 她哭了。
  She cried.
• 他哭了。
  He was crying.
• 她在哭。
  She was crying.

Words starting with 哭

• 哭泣kū qìto weep
• 哭声kū shēngsound of weeping
• 哭笑不得kū xiào bù délit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing…
• 哭喊kū hǎnto wail
• 哭诉kū sùto lament; to complain tearfully; to wail accusingly
• 哭闹kū nàoto bawl, disturbing others
• 哭哭啼啼kū ku tí títo weep endlessly; interminable wailing
• 哭腔kū qiāngsobbing tone; sob; dirge
• 哭丧着脸kū sang zhe liǎnto pull a long face; to wear a mournful expression
• 哭丧kū sāngto wail at a funeral; formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed
• 哭墙Kū qiángWailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem)
• 哭穷kū qióngto bewail one's poverty; to complain about being hard up; to pretend to be poor
• 哭脸kū liǎnto weep; to snivel
• 哭灵kū língto weep before a coffin or a memorial to the dead
• 哭丧棒kū sāng bàngmourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety
• 哭丧脸kū sang liǎnlong face; miserable look
• 哭得死去活来kū de sǐ qù huó láito cry one's heart out
• 哭秋风kū qiū fēngautumnal sadness
• 哭鼻子kū bí zito snivel (usually humorous)
• 哭天抹泪kū tiān mǒ lèito wail and whine; piteous weeping

Words containing 哭

• 大哭dà kūto cry loudly
• 痛哭tòng kūto cry bitterly
• 放声大哭fàng shēng dà kūto sob loudly; to bawl
• 啼哭tí kūto cry; to wail
• 痛哭流涕tòng kū liú tìweeping bitter tears
• 抱头痛哭bào tóu tòng kūto weep disconsolately; to cry on each other's shoulder
• 号哭háo kūto bawl; to wail; to cry
• 说哭shuō kūto make (sb) cry (with one's harsh words)
• 爱哭鬼ài kū guǐcrybaby
• 悲歌当哭bēi gē dàng kūto sing instead of weep (idiom)
• 猫哭老鼠māo kū lǎo shǔthe cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence…
• 猫哭耗子māo kū hào zithe cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence…
• 哀哭āi kūto weep in sorrow
• 嚎哭háo kūto bawl; to cry; to wail
• 鬼哭狼嚎guǐ kū láng háo(idiom) to wail and scream loudly
• 尖声啼哭jiān shēng tí kūsqueal
• 嚎啕大哭háo táo dà kū(idiom) to wail; to bawl
• 同声一哭tóng shēng yī kūto share one's feeling of grief with others (idiom)
• 会哭的孩子有奶吃huì kū de hái zi yǒu nǎi chīlit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom)…
• 会哭的孩子有糖吃huì kū de hái zi yǒu táng chīlit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom); fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease
• 一哭二闹三上吊yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào(lit.) to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying)…
• 号啕大哭háo táo dà kūvariant of 嚎啕大哭

Characters built on 犬

These share the phonetic component 犬 (quǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 突tūto dash; to move forward quickly; to bulge
• 狱yùprison
• 伏fúto lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)
• 倏shūsudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. shù

Characters that look like 哭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 院yuàncourtyard; institution
• 宪xiànstatute; constitution
• 笑xiàoto laugh; to smile; to laugh at
• 冤yuāninjustice; grievance; wrong
• 笆bāan article made of bamboo strips; fence
• 宸chénimperial apartments

Sounds the same

Read kū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 枯(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring
• 窟cave; hole
• 圣(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)
• 骷used in 骷髅
• 堀cave; hole
• 刳to cut open; rip up; scoop out
• 矻used in 矻矻; Taiwan pr. kù
• 圐used in 圐圙
• 跍to squat