Chinese word dictionary

啼饥号寒

tí jī háo hán · hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty

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Word information

Simplified啼饥号寒

Traditional啼饑號寒

Pinyintí jī háo hán

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Character breakdown

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

啼tí

to weep, to whimper; to howl; to crow

饥jī

hungry, starving; hunger, famine

号hào

mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar

寒hán

chilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble

How to learn 啼饥号寒

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ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign; business establishment; size; ship suffix; horn (wind instrument); bugle call; assumed name; to take a pulse; classifier used to indicate number of people

号码hàomǎ

number; CL:堆[dui1],個|个[ge4]

寒假hánjià

winter vacation

寒冷hánlěng

cold (climate); frigid; very cold

信号xìnhào

signal

挂号guàhào

to register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail