Chinese Word: 恸 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

恸 (Trad.: 慟)

Pinyin: tòng

English Definition: grief

Chinese Definition:
①极悲哀，大哭：恸哭。大恸。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 心

Ideographic:Moving 动 and sad 忄; 动 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 忄 [ xīn ] heart; mind; soul
- 动 [ dòng ] to move, to happen; movement, action

Similar Characters: 怮

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悲恸	bēi tòng	mournful
哀恸	āi tòng	to be deeply grieved
抚尸恸哭	fǔ shī tòng kū	to weep over a corpse (idiom)
伏尸恸哭	fú shī tòng kū	to wail over a corpse (idiom)
捶胸大恸	chuí xiōng dà tòng	to beat one's breast and cry bitterly (idiom)

1		xiǎo 小 bēi 悲 huà 话 duō 多， dà tòng 大恸 chén mò 沉默。 Small sorrow speak; great one is silent.
2		xīn 新 guó wáng 国王 wèi 为 zhè 这 gù shi 故事 shēn shēn 深深 shāng 伤 tòng 恸 The new king was so hurtful by the true story
3		wáng 王 hé 和 chén pú 臣仆 yě 也 dōu 都 kū dé 哭得 shèn 甚 tòng 恸。 And the king also and all his servants wept very bitterly.
4		shāng 伤 tòng 恸、 kùn nan 困难 de 的 shí hou 时候， yí jù 一句 qīn qiè 亲切 de huà 的话。 A kindly word in grief's dark hour.
5		èr 二 rén 人 qīn zuǐ 亲嘴， bǐ cǐ 彼此 kū qì 哭泣， dà wèi 大卫 kū dé 哭得 gèng 更 tòng 恸。 And they kissed one another and wept with one another, David weeping the most.

1		xiǎo 小 bēi 悲 huà 话 duō 多， dà tòng 大恸 chén mò 沉默。 Small sorrow speak; great one is silent.
2		xīn 新 guó wáng 国王 wèi 为 zhè 这 gù shi 故事 shēn shēn 深深 shāng 伤 tòng 恸 The new king was so hurtful by the true story
3		wáng 王 hé 和 chén pú 臣仆 yě 也 dōu 都 kū dé 哭得 shèn 甚 tòng 恸。 And the king also and all his servants wept very bitterly.
4		shāng 伤 tòng 恸、 kùn nan 困难 de 的 shí hou 时候， yí jù 一句 qīn qiè 亲切 de huà 的话。 A kindly word in grief's dark hour.
5		èr 二 rén 人 qīn zuǐ 亲嘴， bǐ cǐ 彼此 kū qì 哭泣， dà wèi 大卫 kū dé 哭得 gèng 更 tòng 恸。 And they kissed one another and wept with one another, David weeping the most.