Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- qì
English
- cry, sob, weep
- to sob
- to weep; or more specifically, to sob without a loud noise
粵語
- 喊；哭泣；又或者專指淨係流眼淚但係唔出聲噉喊，又或者係低聲噉喊
As a component in
Words containing 泣
- 哭泣huk1 jap1
to weep
- 飲泣jam2 jap1
(literary) to weep in silence
- 依泣ji1 jaap1
making out [colloquial]
- 啜泣zyut3 jap1
to sob
- 泣不成聲jap1 bat1 sing4 sing1
(idiom) unable to speak through tears; sobbing uncontrollably
- 垂泣seoi4 jap1
to shed tears
- 哀泣oi1 jap1
to wail
- 泣諫jap1 gaan3
to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity
- 涕泣tai3 jap1
to weep
- 泣別jap1 bit6
to bid goodbye in tears [written and colloquial]
- 抽泣cau1 jap1
to sob spasmodically
- 悲泣bei1 jap1
to weep with grief
- 可歌可泣ho2 go1 ho2 jap1
lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving
- 牛衣對泣ngau4 ji1 deoi3 jap1
couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
- 喜極而泣hei2 gik6 ji4 jap1
crying tears of joy (idiom)
- 掩面而泣jim2 min6 ji4 jap1
to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
- 泣泣揚揚jap1 jap1 joeng2 joeng2
to adopt a pose with one's hands clasped in front of the chest and wave one's sleeves; figuratively, to block other's line of sight by waving one's hands or moving one's body
- 泣泣揚揚jap1 jap1 joeng2 joeng2
to adopt a pose with one's hands clasped in front of the chest and wave one's sleeves; figuratively, to block other's line of sight by waving one's hands or moving one's body
- 如泣如訴jyu4 jap1 jyu4 sou3
(lit.) as if weeping and complaining (idiom)
- 如訴如泣jyu4 sou3 jyu4 jap1
see 如泣如訴|如泣如诉[ru2 qi4 ru2 su4]
- 椎心泣血zeoi1 sam1 jap1 hyut3
- 剖肝泣血pau2 gon1 jap1 hyut3
- 向隅而泣hoeng3 jyu4 ji4 jap1
(idiom) to weep in solitude
- 驚天地泣鬼神ging1 tin1 dei6 jap1 gwai2 san4
shocking; incredible; literally: shock the Heavens and Earth, make gods and ghosts weep