哭 huk¹ {kū}

1. to cry
2. to weep

哭泣 huk¹ jap¹ {kū qì}

(verb) Cry

哭牆〔-墙〕 huk¹ coeng⁴ {Kū qiáng}

Wailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem)

哭喊 huk¹ haam³ {kū hǎn}

to wail

哭腔 huk¹ hong¹ {kū qiāng}

1. sobbing tone
2. sob
3. dirge
4. opera tune portraying mourning

哭泣 huk¹ jap¹ {kū qì}

to weep

哭窮〔-穷〕 huk¹ kung⁴ {kū qióng}

1. to bewail one's poverty
2. to complain about being hard up
3. to pretend to be poor

哭臉〔-脸〕 huk¹ lim⁵ {kū liǎn}

1. to weep
2. to snivel

哭靈〔-灵〕 huk¹ ling⁴ {kū líng}

to weep before a coffin or a memorial to the dead

哭聲〔-声〕 huk¹ seng¹ {kū shēng}

sound of weeping

哭喪〔-丧〕 huk¹ song¹ {kū sāng}

1. to wail at a funeral
2. formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed

哭訴〔-诉〕 huk¹ sou³ {kū sù}

1. to lament
2. to complain tearfully
3. to wail accusingly

哭鼻子 huk¹ bei⁶ zi² {kū bí zi}

to snivel (usually humorous)

哭秋風〔--风〕 huk¹ cau¹ fung¹ {kū qiū fēng}

autumnal sadness

哭喪臉〔-丧脸〕 huk¹ song¹ lim⁵ {kū sang liǎn}

1. to pull a long face
2. sullen
3. also written 哭喪著臉

哭喪棒〔-丧-〕 huk¹ song¹ paang⁵ {kū sāng bàng}

mourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety

哭哭啼啼 huk¹ huk¹ tai⁴ tai⁴ {kū ku tí tí}

1. to weep endlessly
2. interminable wailing

哭聲震天〔-声--〕 huk¹ sing¹ zan³ tin¹ {kū shēng zhèn tiān}

1. lit. cries of grief shake the heavens
2. great sorrow (idiom)

哭笑不得 huk¹ siu³ bat¹ dak¹ {kū xiào bù dé}

1. lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing
2. in a desperate state
3. between laughter and tears

哭喪著臉〔-丧着脸〕 huk¹ song¹ zoek⁶ lim⁵ {kū sang zhe liǎn}

1. sullen
2. to scowl miserably

哭天抹淚〔---泪〕 huk¹ tin¹ mut³ leoi⁶ {kū tiān mǒ lèi}

1. to wail and whine
2. piteous weeping

哭得死去活來〔-----来〕 huk¹ dak¹ sei² heoi³ wut⁶ loi⁴ {kū de sǐ qù huó lái}

to cry one's heart out