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泣

qì

cry, sob, weep

Strokes
8
Radical
水
HSK
7
Tone
4

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 他刚进房间,她就泣不成声了。

    Tā gāng jìn fáng jiān tā jiù qì bù chéng shēng le

    Hardly had he entered the room, when she burst into tears.

  • 不要像一个孩子一样哭泣了。

    Bù yào xiàng yī gè hái zi yī yàng kū qì le

    There's no need to cry like a child.

  • 他正在抽泣。

    Tā zhèng zài chōu qì

    He was sobbing.

  • 她正在抽泣。

    Tā zhèng zài chōu qì

    She was sobbing.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 泣

  • 哭泣kū qì 1–4 to weep
  • 可歌可泣kě gē kě qì 3–1–3–4lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving; happy and sad; inspiring and tragic