大声疾呼 (dà shēng jí hū) — to loudly and urgently appeal (to the public or authorities); to cry out for action

Definition

A formal written verb meaning 'to loudly and urgently appeal' to the public or authorities — stronger than 呼吁 and used in speeches, media, and editorial writing rather than casual speech.

verb
to loudly and urgently appeal (to the public or authorities)to cry out for action

Examples

  • 大声疾呼，。
    Huán bǎo rén shì dà shēng jí hū, yāo qiú zhèng fǔ lì jí cǎi qǔ xíng dòng.
    Environmentalists are loudly appealing, demanding that the government take immediate action.
  • 大声疾呼，。
    Tā zài huì yì shàng dà shēng jí hū, hū yù dà jiā guān zhù jiào yù wèn tí.
    He made an emphatic appeal at the meeting, calling on everyone to pay attention to education issues.
  • 大声疾呼，。
    Méi tǐ dà shēng jí hū, xī wàng shè huì zhòng shì shí pǐn ān quán.
    The media is crying out, hoping society will take food safety seriously.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

Open 大 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聲; 声 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
耳耳ěrear
Sound part声符shēngfú
殸
殸qìng聲shēng
Same sound today

The traditional form 聲 pairs 耳 (ear) with 殸 as a sound part; the simplified 声 is a shorthand and does not show those original parts.

Open 声 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

疾 combines 疒, showing illness, with a form showing an arrow flying toward a person, giving the sense of fast.

Open 疾 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
乎
乎hū呼hū
Same sound today

呼 uses 口 (mouth) to show exhaling, calling, or shouting, and 乎 gives the sound.

Open 呼 →

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