哭訴

Chinese

		to cry; to weep	complain; sue; tell
trad. (哭訴)		哭	訴
simp. (哭诉)		哭	诉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): huk¹ sou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khàu-sò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kusù
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-su⁴
    • Yale: kū-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kusuh
    • Palladius: кусу (kusu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: huk¹ sou³
    • Yale: hūk sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: huk⁷ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hug¹ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊk̚⁵ sou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: khàu-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaosox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ sɔ²¹/

Verb

哭訴

1. to recount tearfully; to complain while in tears; to lament

Synonyms

• 咧咧 (liēlie) (dialectal, of a child)
• 哭 (kū)
• 哭泣 (kūqì)
• 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)
• 號啕／号啕 (háotáo) (to cry loudly)
• 飲泣／饮泣 (yǐnqì) (literary, to weep in silence)