WordTaiwan frequency #25,719
嚎啕大哭
ㄏㄠˊ ㄊㄠˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨ
“cry loudly and bitterly; wail inconsolably”
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嚎
ㄏㄠˊ
To cry loudly; to wail or bawl; to howl; to make a loud noise like an animal.
啕
ㄊㄠˊ
To wail loudly; used in the compound word 嚎啕 (háotáo) meaning to cry loudly or sob.
大
ㄉㄚˋ
Big; large; great; vast; elder; eldest; important; profound; to a great extent; to emphasize; (dialect) father or uncle.
哭
ㄎㄨ
to cry; to weep; to wail; to mourn; to lament; to complain sadly
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 大陸ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋmainland China (in Taiwan usage); continent; mainland (as opposed to islands or coastal areas).
- 大家ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚeveryone; all people; a great expert or master; an influential or prominent family
- 大學ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊuniversity; college; institution of higher education; the Great Learning, a Confucian classic; in ancient times, a school for adult education
- 大概ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄞˋroughly; approximately; about; probably; general idea; rough estimate
- 大量ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋlarge quantity; great amount; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous; (Taiwan) big capacity for alcohol
- 重大ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋgreat; important; major; significant; of great consequence or seriousness
- 擴大ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄚˋto expand; to enlarge; to broaden in scope; to scale up; to extend one's reach
- 大人ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊadult; grownup; a respectful title for elders, parents, or superiors; historically, a tribal chief in some northern peoples.
- 大型ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊlarge; large-scale; of great size or scale; major; big
- 台大ㄊㄞˊ ㄉㄚˋNational Taiwan University (NTU); Taiwan's top public research university in Taipei.
- 大部分ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄣˋthe greater part; the majority; most.
- 大眾ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋthe masses; the general public; popular (of music, science, etc.); Volkswagen (automobile manufacturer)