哭叫 (kū jiào) — to cry out, to wail
Definition
A vivid verb combining crying (哭) and shouting (叫), used for loud, emotional wailing — distress, grief, or panic. Stronger and noisier than plain 哭.
verb
to cry outto wail
Examples
- ，哭叫。Hái zi shòu le jīng xià, bù tíng dì kū jiào.The child was frightened and kept crying out.
- ，哭叫。Tīng dào è hào, tā fàng shēng kū jiào.Hearing the bad news, she burst into loud wails.
- 哭叫。Zhàn chǎng shàng dào chù dōu shì kū jiào de shēng yīn.The battlefield was filled with the sounds of crying and shouting.
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