號啕

Chinese

		number; call; name number; call; name; roar; cry	wail
trad. (號啕)		號	啕
simp. (号啕)		号	啕
alternative forms		號咷／号咷 嚎咷 嚎啕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háotáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶ tou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háotáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háotáo
    • Wade–Giles: hao²-tʻao²
    • Yale: háu-táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haurtaur
    • Palladius: хаотао (xaotao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁶ tou⁴
    • Yale: houh tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²² tʰou̯²¹/

Verb

號啕

1. to cry loudly; to wail

Synonyms

• 咧咧 (liēlie) (dialectal, of a child)
• 哭 (kū)
• 哭泣 (kūqì)
• 哭訴／哭诉 (kūsù) (to recount tearfully)
• 哭鼻子 (kū bízi) (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, often humorous)
• 啜氣／啜气 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 啜泣 (chuòqì)
• 啼 (tí) (literary, or in compounds)
• 啼哭 (tíkū) (to cry loudly)
• 嗆／呛 (Hokkien)
• 嗚咽／呜咽 (wūyè)
• 大哭 (dàkū) (to weep loudly)
• 忽喇 (hueh⁴ ci¹) (Jin)
• 抽咽 (chōuyè)
• 抽噎 (chōuyē)
• 抽搭 (chōuda) (colloquial)
• 抽泣 (chōuqì)
• 泣 (literary, or in compounds)
• 流淚／流泪 (liúlèi) (to shed tears)
• 流眼淚／流眼泪 (liú yǎnlèi) (to shed tears)
• 痛哭 (tòngkū) (to cry bitterly)
• 號哭／号哭 (háokū) (to wail)
• 飲泣／饮泣 (yǐnqì) (literary, to weep in silence)