嗁〔啼〕 {tí}

1. to cry
2. to weep aloud
3. to crow
4. to hoot

啼 tai⁴ {tí}

1. to cry
2. to weep aloud
3. to crow
4. to hoot

啼哭 tai⁴ huk¹ {tí kū}

1. to cry
2. to wail

啼聲〔-声〕 tai⁴ seng¹ {tí shēng}

1. ululation
2. to howl

啼囀〔-啭〕 tai⁴ zyun² {tí zhuàn}

to call sweetly (of birds)

啼饑號寒〔-饥号-〕 tai⁴ gei¹ hou⁴ hon⁴ {tí jī háo hán}

hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty

啼笑皆非 tai⁴ siu³ gaai¹ fei¹ {tí xiào jiē fēi}

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