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HSK 6
哭
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
哀哭
āikū
to weep in sorrow
哭喊
kūhǎn
to wail
哭丧
kūsāng
to wail at a funeral
哭泣
kūqì
to weep
哭墙
Kūqiáng
Wailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem)
哭穷
kūqióng
to bewail one's poverty
哭声
kūshēng
sound of weeping
哭腔
kūqiāng
sobbing tone
哭脸
kūliǎn
to weep
哭诉
kūsù
to lament
哭灵
kūlíng
to weep before a coffin or a memorial to the dead
啼哭
tíkū
to cry
嚎哭
háokū
to bawl
大哭
dàkū
to cry loudly
痛哭
tòngkū
to cry bitterly
号哭
háokū
to bawl
哭丧棒
kūsāngbàng
mourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety
哭丧脸
kūsangliǎn
to pull a long face
哭秋风
kūqiūfēng
autumnal sadness
哭鼻子
kūbízi
to snivel (usually humorous)
Example Sentences (5)
明天又要带我儿子去医院打针，想想我就头疼。他就怕打针，每次打针都哭得特别厉害。
Míngtiān yòu yào dài wǒ érzi qù yīyuàn dǎzhēn, xiǎngxiǎng wǒ jiù tóuténg. Tā jiù pà dǎzhēn, měicì dǎzhēn dōu kū de tèbié lìhai.
Tomorrow I have to take my son to the hospital for a shot again, and just thinking about it gives me a headache. He's afraid of shots; every time he gets a shot, he cries really hard.
Text 3
有的孩子在得不到自己想要的东西的时候，会通过哭、扔东西或者故意敲打来引起父母的注意。
Yǒu de háizǐ zài dé bú dào zìjǐ xiǎng yào de dōngxī de shíhòu, huì tōngguò kū, rēng dōngxī huòzhě gùyì qiāodǎ lái yǐnqǐ fùmǔ de zhùyì.
Some children, when they can't get what they want, will cry, throw things, or deliberately bang on things to get their parents' attention.
Text 4
记得我女儿小时候，带她去医院打针，刚开始，她害怕得要哭，我就小声地和护士说我女儿很勇敢，一点儿也不怕打针，女儿听了以后马上就不哭了。
Jìde wǒ nǚ'ér xiǎoshíhòu, dài tā qù yīyuàn dǎzhēn, gāng kāishǐ, tā hàipà de yào kū, wǒ jiù xiǎoshēng de hé hùshì shuō wǒ nǚ'ér hěn yǒnggǎn, yìdiǎnr yě bú pà dǎzhēn, nǚ'ér tīngle yǐhòu mǎshàng jiù bù kū le.
I remember when my daughter was little, I took her to the hospital for a shot. At first, she was so scared she was about to cry. I quietly told the nurse that my daughter was very brave and not afraid of shots at all. After my daughter heard that, she stopped crying right away.
Text 3
记得我女儿小时候，带她去医院打针，刚开始，她害怕得要哭，我就小声地和护士说我女儿很勇敢，一点儿也不怕打针，女儿听了以后马上就不哭了。
Jìde wǒ nǚ'ér xiǎoshíhòu, dài tā qù yīyuàn dǎzhēn, gāng kāishǐ, tā hàipà de yào kū, wǒ jiù xiǎoshēng de hé hùshì shuō wǒ nǚ'ér hěn yǒnggǎn, yìdiǎnr yě bú pà dǎzhēn, nǚ'ér tīngle yǐhòu mǎshàng jiù bù kū le.
I remember when my daughter was little, I took her to the hospital for a shot. At first, she was so scared she was about to cry. I quietly told the nurse that my daughter was very brave and not afraid of shots at all. After my daughter heard that, she stopped crying right away.
Text 3
哭的时候，只要她爸爸学小鸟叫，她马上就安静下来了。
Kū de shíhou, zhǐyào tā bàba xué xiǎo niǎo jiào, tā mǎshàng jiù ānjìng xiàlai le.
When she cries, as long as her dad imitates a bird's call, she immediately calms down.
Text 3
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,209
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,610 of 84,292