Definition
嚎啕 means to wail or cry loudly. It often appears in the fixed expression 嚎啕大哭 (háo táo dà kū), meaning 'to cry one's eyes out'. Although the POS tag lists it as an adverb, in practice it functions as a verb meaning to wail, or as an adverbial modifier in the phrase 嚎啕大哭.
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to cry loudlyto wail
Examples
- ，嚎啕。Tā tīngdào zhège xiāoxi hòu, rěnbuzhù háo táo qǐlái.After hearing this news, she couldn't help but wail.
- 嚎啕，。Yīng'ér zài yèlǐ dàshēng háo táo, chǎoxǐng le línjū.The baby wailed loudly at night, waking up the neighbors.
- 嚎啕，。Tā guì zài fén qián háo táo dà kū, lìng rén xīnsuān.He knelt before the grave and wailed loudly, which was heartbreaking.
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