干嚎

乾嚎

gānháo

verb

Meanings

1 to wail without tears
2 to fake-cry loudly
3 to howl tearlessly

Characters

to howl; to wail

Examples

他没受什么伤，只是在那儿干嚎。

Tā méi shòu shénme shāng, zhǐshì zài nàr gānháo.

He wasn't really hurt, he was just wailing for show.

孩子被骂了，干嚎了几声就没事了。

Háizi bèi mà le, gānháo le jǐ shēng jiù méishì le.

The child got scolded, let out a few tearless howls, then got over it.

听到坏消息，她哭不出来，只能干嚎。

Tīngdào huài xiāoxi, tā kū bù chūlái, zhǐ néng gānháo.

On hearing the bad news, she couldn't actually cry — only wail tearlessly.

Tips

memory

干 here means 'dry' (no tears), 嚎 means 'to howl/wail.' Same 干 in 干笑 (gānxiào, 'forced laugh') — the 'dry' shorthand for 'going through the motion without the real emotion.'

Stroke Order

干 gàn

嚎 háo