táo

啕

Character · Bound morpheme

wail; cry loudly

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

bound morpheme

used in 号啕; to wail; to cry loudly

This character almost exclusively appears in the compound 号啕 (háotáo) or 号啕大哭. It is not used as a standalone word in modern Chinese.

Hái孩
zi子
háo号
táo啕
dà大
kū哭
qǐ起
lái来
 。

The child began to wail loudly.

Tīng听
dào到
è噩
hào耗
 ，
tā她
bù不
jīn禁
háo号
táo啕
 。

Upon hearing the bad news, she couldn't help but burst into tears.

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Bēi悲
tòng痛
yù欲
jué绝
 ，
háo号
táo啕
dà大
kū哭
 。

Grief-stricken, wailing bitterly.