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啜泣 meaning in English

chuòqì

to sob

19 strokes

Meaning of 啜泣

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chuòqì
  1. to sob

啜泣 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

女nǚ孩hái在zài教jiào室shì的de角jiǎo落luò啜chuò泣qì。
The girl was sobbing in the corner of the schoolroom.
汤tāng姆mǔ在zài啜chuò泣qì。
Tom was sobbing.
我wǒ听tīng到dào汤tāng姆mǔ在zài低dī声shēng啜chuò泣qì。
I heard Tom sobbing.

Stroke order for each character

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啜 chuài · to drink · 11 strokes

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泣 qì · to cry · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 啜泣.

哭泣kūqìto weep
可歌可泣kěgē-kěqìlit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving; happy and sad
抽泣chōuqìto sob spasmodically

Questions about 啜泣

What does 啜泣 mean?

啜泣 (chuòqì) means "to sob".

How do you write 啜泣?

啜泣 is made of 2 characters: 啜 (11 strokes), 泣 (8 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.