Chinese symbol for “sob”
泣
qì
to sob
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sob is 泣 (qì), defined as: to sob.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sob”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呜咽 (嗚咽) | wū yè | to sob; to whimper |
| 啜泣 | chuò qì | to sob |
| 欷 | xī | to sob |
| 抽噎 | chōu yē | to sob |
| 唏嘘 (唏噓) | xī xū | (onom.) to sigh; to sob |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sob”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.