| 啼哭 | tí kū | to cry; to wail | |
| 啼笑皆非 | tí xiào jiē fēi | lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); between laughter and tears | |
| 悲啼 | bēi tí | to wail with grief; plaintive cry | |
| 啼饥号寒 | tí jī háo hán | hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty | |
| 哭哭啼啼 | kū ku tí tí | to weep endlessly; interminable wailing |
| 1 | Should she get prepared for school or feed her children when she gets up in the morning? | |
| 2 | They had black crusts and they crowed like roosters! | |
| 3 | "Get up!" he crowed. "I've come to be your king!" | |
| 4 | I enjoy moaning about bad science in films as much as the next physicist, but you can be certain that no one enjoys hearing it! | |
| 5 | If I asked you to imagine a rooster crowing, you' d probably hear the [audio of rooster crowing] in your head. |
