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嚎啕

háo táo

2-character word

What 嚎啕 means

1. to cry loudly; to wail

The characters in 嚎啕

• 嚎háohowl; bawl
• 啕táo(bound form) to 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 starting with 嚎啕

• 嚎啕大哭háo táo dà kū(idiom) to wail; to bawl

Sounds the same

Read háo táo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 号啕variant of 嚎啕
• 号咷variant of 号啕

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