呜

嗚

wū

interjection #4,608

Meanings

1 woo (crying sound)
2 toot (whistle sound)
3 onomatopoeia for sobbing or whistling

Characters

sound of crying or whistling

Examples

呜呜呜，我不想去上学。

Wūwūwū, wǒ bù xiǎng qù shàngxué.

Waah, I don't want to go to school.

火车呜呜地开过来了。

Huǒchē wūwū de kāi guòlái le.

The train came tooting along.

Tips

usage

呜 is usually reduplicated as 呜呜 or 呜呜呜 to represent crying or the sound of a whistle/horn. Also appears in 呜呼 (alas, literary).

Stroke Order

呜 wū