哭 (kū) means Cry (weep). Below are 10 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
孩子 哭 了，妈妈过去看他。
Háizi kū le, māma guòqù kàn tā.
The child cried, so his mother went over to him.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 哭
别 哭 了，事情会好起来的。
Bié kū le, shìqing huì hǎo qǐlai de.
Don't cry — things will get better.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 哭
告别的时候她 哭 了。
Gàobié de shíhou tā kū le.
She cried when saying goodbye.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 告别
孩子 哭 泣着找妈妈。
Háizi kūqìzhe zhǎo māma.
The child cried as he looked for his mother.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哭泣
他一边 哭 一边擦鼻涕。
Tā yìbiān kū yìbiān cā bítì.
He wiped his nose while he cried.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 鼻涕
她在角落里低声 哭 泣。
Tā zài jiǎoluò lǐ dīshēng kūqì.
She wept quietly in the corner.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哭泣
他 哭 的时候，朋友们都来安慰他。
Tā kū de shíhou, péngyoumen dōu lái ānwèi tā.
When he cried, his friends all came to comfort him.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 安慰
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From the graded readers
大家一起给我们唱歌，我差点儿 哭 了。
dàjiā yìqǐ gěi wǒmen chànggē, wǒ chā / chà / chāi diǎn ér kū le / liǎo / liào.
Everyone sang to us and I nearly cried.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
Words that contain 哭
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 哭
How is 哭 used in a sentence?
This page shows 10 sentences using 哭 (kū, "Cry (weep)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 哭 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 哭 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 哭 an HSK word?
Yes — 哭 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 哭?
The dictionary page for 哭 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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