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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thòng-khàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tong³ kao³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tòngkū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tòngku
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung⁴-kʻu¹
    • Yale: tùng-kū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tonqku
    • Palladius: тунку (tunku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵¹ kʰu⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung³ huk¹
    • Yale: tung hūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung³ huk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung³ hug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³³ hʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòng-khàu
    • Tâi-lô: thòng-khàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: torngqaux
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰau⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tong³ kao³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thòng khàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰau²¹³/

Verb

痛哭

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

Synonyms

• 咧咧 (liēlie) (dialectal, of a child)
• 哭 (kū)
• 哭泣 (kūqì)
• 哭訴／哭诉 (kūsù) (to recount tearfully)
• 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)
• 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)