Hardly had he entered the room, when she burst into tears.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
泣不成声
(idiom) unable to speak through tears; sobbing uncontrollably
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(idiom) unable to speak through tears; sobbing uncontrollably
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 泣不成声 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 泣不成声 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Hearing the sad news, she collapsed in tears.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 泣不成声.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 泣不成声.
Directly before
- 她泣不成声1
- 突然泣不成声1
- 就泣不成声1
Directly after
- 泣不成声了2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 泣不成声
What does 泣不成声 mean in Chinese?
泣不成声 (qìbùchéngshēng) means (idiom) unable to speak through tears; sobbing uncontrollably.
How do you pronounce 泣不成声?
泣不成声 is pronounced qìbùchéngshēng.
Is 泣不成声 an HSK word?
泣不成声 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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