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泣

qì

Meanings

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qì
  1. 1.to sob

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to weep; to sob (especially silently or quietly)
  2. 2.tears
  3. 3.blowing rapidly; violent

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Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəp (“to weep”); cognate with Tibetan ཁྲབ་ཁྲབ (khrab khrab, “weeper”) (STEDT; Mei, 1980b; Coblin, 1986; Baxter, 1995; Schuessler, 2007). Often thought to be related to 淚 (OC *ruds, “tears”) (Mei, 1980b; Baxter and Sagart, 2014), but see there for more.

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Stroke order

Components

泣氵立

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Synonyms

咧咧哀嚎哀泣哀號哀号哀鳴哀鸣哭哭泣哭訴哭诉哭鼻子啜氣啜气啜泣啼啼哭嗆呛嗚咽呜咽大哭忽喇悲啼悲號悲号悲鳴悲鸣抽咽抽啜

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Derived terms

下車泣罪下车泣罪伯俞泣杖剖肝泣血可歌可泣向隅獨泣向隅独泣向隅而泣吞聲飲泣吞声饮泣哀泣哭泣啜泣喜極而泣喜极而泣垂泣如泣如訴如泣如诉如訴如泣如诉如泣孟宗泣筍孟宗泣笋對泣对泣悲泣抿泣抽泣掩泣掩面而泣擲刀對泣

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Related words

哭泣 to weep饮泣 (literary) to weep in silence哀泣 to wail泣谏 to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity啜泣 to sob悲泣 to weep with grief涕泣 to weep垂泣 to shed tears抽泣 to sob spasmodically可歌可泣 lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving牛衣对泣 couple living in destitute misery (idiom)向隅而泣 (idiom) to weep in solitude