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干嚎

乾嚎
gānháo
verb

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
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.
HSK 3
听到坏消息，她哭不出来，只能干嚎。
Tīngdào huài xiāoxi, tā kū bù chūlái, zhǐnéng gānháo.
On hearing the bad news, she couldn't actually cry - only wail tearlessly.
HSK 5
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.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

干 gān
嚎 háo