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啕

táo

Character

What 啕 means

1. bound formto wail

Example sentences

• 小明忍耐不了妈妈的责骂，便嚎啕大哭。
  Xiǎomíng rěnnàibuliǎo māma de zémà, biàn háotáo-dàkū.
  Xiaoming could not handle his mother's scolding anymore, bursting into tears.

Words containing 啕

• 嚎啕háo táoto cry loudly; to wail
• 嚎啕大哭háo táo dà kū(idiom) to wail; to bawl
• 号啕大哭háo táo dà kūvariant of 嚎啕大哭
• 号啕háo táovariant of 嚎啕

Characters built on 匋

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

• 萄táoused in 葡萄
• 陶táopottery; pleased
• 淘táoto wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities); to dredge…
• 掏tāoto fish out (from pocket); to scoop

Characters that look like 啕

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

• 唯wéionly; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义
• 喝hēto drink; variant of 嗬
• 唱chàngto sing; to call loudly; to chant
• 喉hóuthroat; larynx
• 哺bǔto feed
• 啃kěnto gnaw; to nibble; to bite

Sounds the same

Read táo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 萄used in 葡萄
• 逃to escape; to run away; to flee
• 淘to wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities); to dredge…
• 桃peach
• 陶pottery; pleased
• 洮to cleanse; name of a river
• 匋pottery
• 咷wail
• 绹bind; cord; twist
• 醄used in 酕醄
• 𫘦used in 騊駼
• 梼dunce; blockhead