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痛哭

tòngkū

to cry bitterly

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to cry bitterly

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 痛哭 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 痛哭 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

她痛哭。tā tòng kū。

She wept bitterly.

她痛哭了起来。tā tòng kū le qǐ lái。

She cried bitterly.

朋友突然在电话里痛哭起来,他握著手机,不知道怎麽应对。péng yǒu tū rán zài diàn huà lǐ tòng kū qǐ lái, tā wò zhù shǒu jī, bù zhī dào zěn mó yìng duì。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 痛哭.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 痛哭.

Directly before

  • 她痛哭2
  • 里痛哭1

Directly after

  • 痛哭了1
  • 痛哭起来1
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 痛哭

What does 痛哭 mean in Chinese?

痛哭 (tòngkū) means to cry bitterly.

How do you pronounce 痛哭?

痛哭 is pronounced tòngkū.

Is 痛哭 an HSK word?

痛哭 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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