泣 — Chinese character
泣
qì
to cry, to sob, to weep
- Pinyin
- qì
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 氵 立
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 立
- Japanese
- 泣 as a kanji
Common words with 泣
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哭泣 | kū qì | to weep |
| 啜泣 | chuò qì | to sob |
| 喜极而泣 (喜極而泣) | xǐ jí ér qì | crying tears of joy (idiom) |
| 可歌可泣 | kě gē kě qì | lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving; happy and sad |
| 抽泣 | chōu qì | to sob spasmodically |
| 悲泣 | bēi qì | to weep with grief |
| 泣不成声 (泣不成聲) | qì bù chéng shēng | (idiom) unable to speak through tears; sobbing uncontrollably |
| 涕泣 | tì qì | to weep; to shed tears |
| 饮泣 (飲泣) | yǐn qì | (literary) to weep in silence |
| 如泣如诉 (如泣如訴) | rú qì rú sù | (lit.) as if weeping and complaining (idiom); (fig.) (of music, singing etc) mournful |
| 哀泣 | āi qì | to wail |
| 掩面而泣 | yǎn miàn ér qì | to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom) |
English words written with 泣
泣 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 7 · Zhuangzi 11
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 31
- Hexagram 3
- Hexagram 61
- Mencius 3A.2
- Mencius 4B.33
- Mencius 5A.1
- Mencius 6B.3
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
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