Keyword
to sob
- to cry
- to weep
- Frequency
- #2505
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
qì
Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 立 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
哭泣
to weep
泣
to sob
啜泣
to sob
喜极而泣
crying tears of joy (idiom)
可歌可泣
lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving; happy and sad; inspiring and tragic
抽泣
to sob spasmodically
悲泣
to weep with grief
泣不成声
(idiom) unable to speak through tears; sobbing uncontrollably
涕泣
to weep; to shed tears
饮泣
(literary) to weep in silence
如泣如诉
(lit.) as if weeping and complaining (idiom); (fig.) (of music, singing etc) mournful
哀泣
to wail
掩面而泣
to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
垂泣
to shed tears