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泣

qì

to cry, to sob, to weep

🔤 Pictophonetic: 氵 (water) provides meaning, 立 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 8 strokes Common (25%)

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to stand; to establish, to set up

⿰氵立 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shuǐ

氵

water

3 strokes

lì

立

to stand; to establish, to set up

📷 Pictographic: A man standing on the ground 一

5 strokes HSK 5

tóu

亠

lid, cover; head

2 strokes

丷

kwukyel

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 泣 (14)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic

kěgēkěqì

可歌可泣 ↗

lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic

喜极而泣 ↗

xǐjíérqì

crying tears of joy (idiom)

xǐjíérqì

喜极而泣 ↗

crying tears of joy (idiom)

掩面而泣 ↗

yǎnmiànérqì

to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)

yǎnmiànérqì

掩面而泣 ↗

to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)

牛衣对泣 ↗

niúyīduìqì

couple living in destitute misery (idiom)

niúyīduìqì

牛衣对泣 ↗

couple living in destitute misery (idiom)

如泣如诉 ↗

rúqìrúsù

lit. as if weeping and complaining (idiom) / fig. mournful (music or singing)

rúqìrúsù

如泣如诉 ↗

lit. as if weeping and complaining (idiom) / fig. mournful (music or singing)

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