kū​xiāo

to cry out in hunger

  • created sense approved 哭枵 · kū​xiāo · to cry out in hunger — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    哭枵

    kū​xiāo

    to cry out in hunger

    (Taiwanese Hokkien) to complain or wail about hunger; used as a slang interjection of annoyance or disbelief

    哭 (literal) → 哭 · kū · to cry 枵 (literal) → 枵 · xiāo · hungry

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  • created sense approved 哭枵 · kū​xiāo · to whine — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    哭枵

    kū​xiāo

    to whine

    (dialect) to complain or whine, originally meaning to cry out from hunger

    哭 (literal) → 哭 · kū · to cry 枵 (literal) → 枵 · xiāo · hungry

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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