啼 | Definition | Mandarin Chinese Pinyin English Dictionary

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啼笑皆非

tí xiào jiē fēi
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) between laughter and tears

Example Usage
啼

tí
to cry to weep aloud to crow to hoot
哭哭啼啼

kū ku tí tí
to weep endlessly interminable wailing

Example Usage
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啼声 Trad. 啼聲

tí shēng
ululation to howl

Example Usage
杜鹃啼血 Trad. 杜鵑啼血

dù juān tí xuè
the cuckoo cries blood fig. plaintive lament
啼饥号寒 Trad. 啼饑號寒

tí jī háo hán
hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
柳啼花怨

liǔ tí huā yuàn
desolate
尖声啼哭 Trad. 尖聲啼哭

jiān shēng tí kū
squeal
啼哭

tí kū
to cry to wail
啼啭 Trad. 啼囀

tí zhuàn
to call sweetly (of birds)
啼 Trad. 嗁

tí
variant of 啼[ti2]
悲啼

bēi tí
to wail with grief plaintive cry