HSK 6 · Emotions

哭泣 kūqì “to weep” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 哭泣 means

  1. to weep
  2. to sob

How to say 哭泣

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale哭kū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale泣qì4th tone, falling

哭泣 in a sentence

  1. 她开始哭泣。

    Tā kāishǐ kūqì.

    She began to weep.

    Sentence #1416086 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我的母亲只是默默地哭泣。

    Wǒ de mǔqīn zhǐshì mòmò de kūqì.

    My mother just wept silently.

    Sentence #1394844 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 不要像一个孩子一样哭泣了。

    Búyào xiàng yí ge háizi yíyàng kūqì le.

    Stop crying like a child.

    Sentence #616229 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 哭泣 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 哭 (kū) with each of its parts in a different colour
哭kūto cry; to weep
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 犬dog · quǎn
The character 泣 (qì) with each of its parts in a different colour
泣qìto sob
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 立stand · lìSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 立 (lì) hints at the sound. Compare it with qì.

How to write 哭泣

哭 10 strokes · 泣 8 strokes

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哭泣 (kūqì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 哭泣 (kūqì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 哭泣

Words with 哭

哭kū · cry

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FAQs

哭泣 (kūqì) means “to weep” or “to sob”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kūqì: kū with a 1st tone, then qì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 哭泣 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kuqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 哭泣 from the suggestions. Typing kuqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
哭泣 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.