號啕

Chinese

		number; call; name number; call; name; roar; cry	wail
trad. (號啕)		號	啕
simp. (号啕)		号	啕
alternative forms		號咷／号咷 嚎咷 嚎啕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háotáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁴ tou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háotáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háotáo
    • Wade–Giles: hao²-tʻao²
    • Yale: háu-táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haurtaur
    • Palladius: хаотао (xaotao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁴ tou⁴
    • Yale: hòuh tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁴ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: haw daw

Rime
Character	號	啕
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡刀切	徒刀切
Baxter	haw	daw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑu/	/dɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑu/	/dɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑu/	/dɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaw/	/daw/
Li Rong	/ɣɑu/	/dɑu/
Wang Li	/ɣɑu/	/dɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑu/	/dʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	háo	táo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou4	tou4

Verb

號啕

1. to cry loudly; to wail

Synonyms

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• 咧咧 (liēlie) (dialectal, of a child)
• 哭 (kū)
• 哭泣 (kūqì)
• 哭訴 / 哭诉 (kūsù) (to recount tearfully)
• 哭鼻子 (kū bízi) (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, often humorous)
• 啜氣 / 啜气 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 啜泣 (chuòqì)
• 啼 (tí) (literary, or in compounds)
• 啼哭 (tíkū) (to cry loudly)
• 嗆 / 呛 (Hokkien)
• 嗚咽 / 呜咽 (wūyè)
• 大哭 (dàkū) (to weep loudly)
• 忽喇 (hueh⁴ ci¹) (Jin)
• 抽咽 (chōuyè)
• 抽啜 (chōuchuò)
• 抽噎 (chōuyē)
• 抽搭 (chōuda) (colloquial)
• 抽泣 (chōuqì)
• 泣 (literary, or in compounds)
• 流淚 / 流泪 (liúlèi) (to shed tears)
• 流眼淚 / 流眼泪 (liú yǎnlèi) (to shed tears)
• 痛哭 (tòngkū) (to cry bitterly)
• 號哭 / 号哭 (háokū) (to wail)
• 飲泣 / 饮泣 (yǐnqì) (literary, to weep in silence)