哭丧

哭喪

kūsāng

verb #35,708

Meanings

1 to wail at a funeral
2 to perform ritual mourning
3 (of a face) to look glum

Characters

funeral, mourning

Examples

HSK 2

她哭丧着脸走进办公室。

Tā kūsāng zhe liǎn zǒujìn bàngōngshì.

She walked into the office with a long, glum face.

HSK 7-9

旧时雇人哭丧是一种行业。

Jiùshí gù rén kūsāng shì yī zhǒng hángyè.

In the old days, hiring professional mourners was a recognized trade.

Tips

usage

Most modern uses are the figurative 哭丧着脸 - 'with a face like at a funeral', i.e. looking miserable. The literal funeral-wailing sense is now mostly historical.

register

Note the tone shift: 丧 reads sāng (1st tone) for 'funeral/mourning' here, but sàng (4th tone) in 沮丧 ('dejected') or 丧失 ('to lose').

Stroke Order

哭 kū

丧 sāng