- 哭哭啼啼 kūkutítí weep endlesslyto cry or wail incessantly and repetitively
- 啼笑皆非 tíxiàojiēfēi absurdly patheticto be in an awkward situation where one does not know whether to laugh or cry; both funny and annoying
- 啼哭 tíkū cryto cry or wail loudly, typically out of distress or sorrow
- 悲啼 bēití wailto wail with grief or a plaintive cry
- 啼饥号寒 tíjīháohán destitutionTo live in wretched poverty and misery; literally, hunger cries and cold roars.
- 杜鹃啼血 dùjuāntíxuè extreme griefdescribing extreme sorrow or a tragic lament, based on the legend of a cuckoo weeping blood until it dies
- 啼啭 tízhuàn warbleto call or sing sweetly (of birds)
- 柳啼花怨 liǔtíhuāyuàn desolatedesolate and sorrowful (literally: willows weep and flowers complain)
- 啼声 tíshēng animal crythe sound of a bird or animal calling or howling
- 尖声啼哭 jiānshēngtíkū squealto cry out in a shrill voice; to squeal
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH