Chinese word dictionary

哭腔

kū qiāng · sobbing tone; sob; dirge

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Word information

Simplified哭腔

Traditional哭腔

Pinyinkū qiāng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

哭kū

to weep, to cry, to wail

腔qiāng

chest cavity; a hollow in the body

How to learn 哭腔

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

to cry; to weep

oral cavity

to weep

lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing; between laughter and tears

腔qiāng

(bound form) cavity; (bound form) speech; talk; tune; accent (in one's speech); (old) classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock