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哭: to cry

By January 26, 2015December 1st, 2016Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

哭 kū

verb
: to cry; to weep; to howl

Kun Reading

哭 | なく naku

godan verb with ku ending
: to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

On Reading

こく koku

 Usage:

哭喊 ku1han3: to wail哭喪[丧] ku1sang1: to wail at a funeral; formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed
哭泣 ku1qi4: to weep
哭牆[墙] ku1qiang2: Wailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem)
哀哭 ai1ku1: to weep in sorrow
[あいこく aikoku: grief; mourning; lamentation]
大哭 da4ku1: to cry loudly
痛哭 tong4ku1: to cry bitterly
[つうこく tsuukoku: lamentation]



Chinese idiom
哭哭啼啼 ku1 ku5 ti2 ti2
: to weep endlessly; interminable wailing

哭笑不得 ku1 xiao4 bu4 de2
: lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry; both funny and extremely embarrassing; in a desperate state; between laughter and tears

狼號鬼哭 [狼号鬼哭] lang2 hao2 gui3 ku1
: lit. wolves howling, devils groaning; pathetic screams
OR
鬼哭狼嚎 gui3 ku1 lang2 hao2
: to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves

貓哭老鼠 [猫哭老鼠] mao1 ku1 lao3 shu3
: the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence; crocodile tears

哭得死去活來 [哭得死去活来] ku1 de5 si3 qu4 huo2 lai2
: to cry one’s heart out

一哭二鬧三上吊 [一哭二闹三上吊] yi1 ku1 er4 nao4 san1 shang4 diao4
: to make a terrible scene; to throw a tantrum

 Etymology:


哭 ku1: weep, cry, wail =
吅 xuan1: variant of 訟; noise +
quan3: dog; radical number 94
 
哭 ku1 combines 犬 quan3: dog + 口 kou3: mouth = “to howl; to cry.” This was originally the top part of “to mourn”; the bottom part was a person, hidden away (in the grave).

 Music:


哭出來 – COLoR 樂團

作詞:CoLoR、AOK樂團
作曲:AOK樂團

寶貝 你是我的寶貝
溫室中的花蕊 你的微笑讓我變的完美
魔鬼 又是我的魔鬼
愛的那麼純粹 你是我最苦澀的滋味

我愛你愛你愛你愛你難道我不對
我恨你恨你恨你恨你我是你的誰

讓我哭出來 哭出來 愛的這樣糊塗
讓我笑出來 笑出來 又是誰的錯誤
讓我哭出來 哭出來 讓回憶乾枯
就請忘掉我們的全部

全部 你是我的全部
愛是一種賭注 就算失敗我也不會認輸
清楚 我已看不清楚
愛在我的心中 瞬間卻有銘心而刻骨

不怕一個人的孤獨 就算身體沒了溫度
就請忘掉我們所有的全部 我認輸

credit: COLoR 樂團

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary