chuò qì

啜泣 (chuò qì) is a Chinese word meaning “to sob”.

Meanings

  1. 1to sob

Characters in 啜泣

啜chuò · (literary) to drink泣qì · to sob

Related words

哭泣to weep泣to sob抽泣to sob spasmodically啜(literary) to drink可歌可泣lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving悲泣to weep with grief泣不成声(idiom) unable to speak through tears; sobbing uncontrollably哀泣to wail饮泣(literary) to weep in silence如泣如诉lit. as if weeping and complaining (idiom)涕泣to weep啜饮to sip

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