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Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「號咷大哭」 and how it’s used.

Let’s learn about the idiom 「號咷大哭」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

Hao咷: Also written as “嗷啕”, meaning crying loudly. Describes crying loudly.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hào táo dà kū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hou6 tou4 daai6 huk1

There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.