哭
kū
Pinyin

Definition

哭
 - 
kū
  1. to cry
  2. to weep

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

哭
kū
  1. 1 to cry
  2. 2 to weep
哭泣
kū qì
  1. 1 to weep
大哭
dà kū
  1. 1 to cry loudly
哀哭
āi kū
  1. 1 to weep in sorrow
哭哭啼啼
kū ku tí tí
  1. 1 to weep endlessly
  2. 2 interminable wailing

Idioms (12)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
同声一哭
tóng shēng yī kū
  1. 1 to share one's feeling of grief with others (idiom)
哀哭切齿
āi kū qiè chǐ
  1. 1 weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom)
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 both funny and extremely embarrassing
  3. 3 between laughter and tears
哭声震天
kū shēng zhèn tiān
  1. 1 lit. cries of grief shake the heavens
  2. 2 great sorrow (idiom)

Sample Sentences

所以，遇到任何一个人都比老Q正派，比小咪热情，比小F殷勤，最好是即便劈头问候其母亲，也不生气不回嘴更不哭，最好像家里哄孩子用的iPad，
suǒyǐ ，yùdào rènhé yī ge rén dōu bǐ lǎo Q zhèngpài ，bǐ xiǎomī rèqíng ，bǐ xiǎo F yīnqín ，zuìhǎo shì jíbiàn pītóu wènhòu qí mǔqīn ，yě bù shēngqì bù huízuǐ gèng bù kū ，zuì hǎoxiàng jiālǐ hǒng háizi yòng de iPad ，
so whoever you meet will be more decent than Old Q, more enthusiastic than Xiaomi, and more hospitable than Small F. Even when you insult the desk lady's mother, she is not angry, she doesn't talk back, she doesn't cry, it's like using an iPad at home to coax children.
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是，这个月是有点奇怪，眼瞅着都快过去了，还没见你歇斯底里地多愁善感，或者火冒三丈地哭天抢地。
shì ，zhè ge yuè shì yǒudiǎnr qíguài ，yǎnchǒuzhe dōu kuài guòqù le ，hái méi jiàn nǐ xiēsīdǐlǐ de duōchóushàngǎn ，huò zhě huǒmàosānzhàng de kūtiānqiǎngdì 。
Yes, this month you've been a bit strange. It'll all be over in the blink of an eye, I still haven't seen you in hysteric fits of melancholy, or crying and making a fuss in fits of anger.
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一个人到了这种境界，他能动也能静，能屈也能伸，能微笑也能痛哭，能像廿世纪人一样的复杂，也能像亚当夏娃一样的纯真，一句话，他心里已有猛虎在细嗅蔷薇。
yī gè rén dào le zhèzhǒng jìngjiè ，tā néng dòng yě néng jìng ，néng qū yě néng shēn ，néng wēixiào yě néng tòngkū ，néng xiàng niàn shìjì rén yīyàng de fùzá ，yě néng xiàng Yàdāng Xiàwá yīyàng de chúnzhēn ，yījùhuà ，tā xīnli yǐ yǒu měng hǔ zài xì xiù qiángwēi 。
A person, once they reach this state of being, can be active and passive, they can yield and extend, they can smile and can feel pain, they can be as complex as a twentieth century man and as pure as Adam and Eve, in one sentence, in them, the tiger sniffs the rose.
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别哭了，事情都过一年了，也该觉得好一点了吧。
bié kū le ，shìqing dōu guò yī nián le ，yě gāi juéde hǎo yīdiǎn le ba 。
Don't cry, it's already been a year since it happened, you must feel better by now, surely.
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可不是吗？小时候，哭着哭着就笑了，长大了，笑着笑着就哭了。是不是越长大，越不快乐啊，好惆怅。
kěbushì ma ？xiǎo shíhou ，kū zhe kū zhe jiù xiào le ，zhǎngdà le ，xiào zhe xiào zhe jiù kū le 。shìbushì yuè zhǎngdà ，yuè bù kuàilè ā ，hǎo chóuchàng 。
Isn't it just? When I was young, I would laugh after crying and crying. Now that I'm older, I cry after laughing and laughing. Does it mean that the older you get, the less happy you are? How depressing.
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张铁柱在厂门口等着，时间一分一秒过去了，始终不见有人出来，心中不安起来，他问遍了所有出来的工人，厂里是否有这个人，大家都摇头说不知道。张铁柱这时突然意识到自己被骗了，而且被骗了全部的身家。他一屁股瘫坐在地上，欲哭无泪。
Zhāng Tiězhù zài chǎng ménkǒu děng zhe ，shíjiān yī fēn yīmiǎo guòqù le ，shǐzhōng bùjiàn yǒurén chūlái ，xīnzhōng bù\'ān qǐlái ，tā wèn biàn le suǒyǒu chūlái de gōngrén ，chǎng lǐ shìfǒu yǒu zhè ge rén ，dàjiā dōu yáotóu shuō bù zhīdào 。Zhāng Tiězhù zhèshí tūrán yìshidào zìjǐ bèi piàn le ，érqiě bèi piàn le quánbù de shēnjiā 。tā yī pìgu tān zuò zài dìshang ，yùkūwúlèi 。
Zhang Tiezhu waits at the gate of the factory. As minutes pass, without seeing anyone emerging, he begins to get uneasy. He asks everyone who comes out of the factory if the guy really works at the factory. Everyone shakes their head and says that they don't know. It suddenly dawns on Zhang Tiezhu that he's been conned, and that he's been conned out of everything he owns. His legs give out and he falls to the ground, wanting to cry but no tears come.
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哈哈！也不害臊，你要是“北境守护者”，你的子民天天哭，都能把长城哭倒，还用得著异鬼吗？
hāhā ！yě bù hàisào ，nǐ yào shì “běijìng shǒuhùzhě ”，nǐ de zǐmín tiāntiān kū ，dōu néng bǎ chángchéng kū dào ，hái yòng de zháo yìguǐ ma ？
Ha ha! You have no shame! If you were the Warden of the North, your people would cry so much that their constant wailing would shatter the wall. There wouldn't even be any need for the white walkers.
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说到天天哭，我才要天天哭了，难以想象，我还得再等一年才能看下一季！
shuōdào tiāntiān kū ，wǒ cái yào tiāntiān kū le ，nányǐ xiǎngxiàng ，wǒ hái děi zài děng yī nián cáinéng kàn xià yī jì ！
Speaking of crying all day, it's me that's going to wallowing around the place now. It's hard to imagine that I have to wait a whole year to watch the next season!
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你看到金恩在出车祸那里没有？看到他被自己最爱的女人撞到，我都哭了。
nǐ kàndào Jīn Ēnzài chū chēhuò nàlǐ méiyǒu ？kàndào tā bèi zìjǐ zuìài de nǚrén zhuàngdào ，wǒ dōu kū le 。
Have you seen up to the part where Kim Un-jae gets into car crash? Seeing him get run over by the girl he most loved made me cry.
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你怎么了？看起来好像刚哭过。
nǐ zěnmele ？kàn qǐlái hǎoxiàng gāng kū guò 。
What's up with you? You look like you've just been crying.
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