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哭 kū

to cry

Strokes
10
Level
HSK 3
Radical
口
Type
Ideograph
Made of 口口犬 ⿱⿰口口犬

Memory hint: To shed a tear from your eyes 口 over a person 犬

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  1. 小孩子哭了。
    Xiǎo háizi kūle.
    The little child cried.
    small child cry(particle)
  2. 你为什么哭了？
    Nǐ wèishénme kūle?
    Why did you cry?
    you why cry(particle) (question)
  3. 别哭了，一切都会好起来的。
    Bié kūle, yíqiè dōu huì hǎo qǐlai de.
    Don't cry, everything will be fine.
    don't cry(particle), everything all will good come-up (particle)
  4. 他没有哭。
    Tā méiyǒu kū.
    He didn't cry.
    he not-have cry
  5. 电影结束时，很多人在哭泣。
    Diànyǐng jiéshù shí, hěn duō rén zài kūqì.
    When the movie ended, many people were sobbing.
    movie end time, very many people at sob

Words with 哭 (2)