痛哭

痛哭

Chinese

		ache; pain; sorrow	to cry; to weep
simp. and trad. (痛哭)		痛	哭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tòngkū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung³ huk¹
• Min Nan (POJ): thòng-khàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: tòngkū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tonqku
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵¹ kʰu⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung³ huk¹
    • Yale: tung hūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung³ huk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung³ hug¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³³ hʊk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòng-khàu
    • Tâi-lô: thòng-khàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: torngqaux
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰaʊ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰaʊ⁴¹/

Verb

痛哭

1. to cry (or weep) bitterly; to wail; to cry one's heart out

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 痛哭

切氣／切气 (Min Nan) 咧咧 (liēlie) (dialectal, of a child) 哭泣 (kūqì) 哭訴／哭诉 (kūsù) (recount tearfully) 啜泣 (chuòqì) 啼 (tí) 啼哭 (tíkū) (cry loudly) 嗚咽／呜咽 (wūyè) 大哭 (dàkū) (weep uncontrollably) 抽咽 (chōuyè)

抽噎 (chōuyē) 抽搭 (chōuda) (colloquial) 抽泣 (chōuqì) 流淚／流泪 (liúlèi) (shed tears) 流目屎 (Min Nan) 流眼淚／流眼泪 (liú yǎnlèi) 痛哭 (tòngkū) (cry bitterly) 號啕／号啕 (háotáo) (cry loudly) 飲泣／饮泣 (yǐnqì) (literary, weep in silence)