欲哭無淚

Chinese

		desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	to cry; to weep	not have	tears
trad. (欲哭無淚)		欲	哭	無	淚
simp. (欲哭无泪)		欲	哭	无	泪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùkūwúlèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄎㄨ ㄨˊ ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ huk¹ mou⁴ leoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùkūwúlèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄎㄨ ㄨˊ ㄌㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùkuwúlèi
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-kʻu¹-wu²-lei⁴
    • Yale: yù-kū-wú-lèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhkuwuley
    • Palladius: юйкуулэй (jujkuulɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ kʰu⁵⁵ u³⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ huk¹ mou⁴ leoi⁶
    • Yale: yuhk hūk mòuh leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ huk⁷ mou⁴ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ hug¹ mou⁴ lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² hʊk̚⁵ mou̯²¹ lɵy̯²²/

Idiom

欲哭無淚

1. so grieved, sorrowful, frustrated, etc. that one is unable to produce tears even though he or she wants to cry

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 欲哭無淚 (“so grieved or frustrated that one is unable to produce tears even though he or she wants to cry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		欲哭無淚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	欲哭無淚
Cantonese	Hong Kong	欲哭無淚
Southern Min	Tainan	欲哭無目屎