Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 啼

(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly
(bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech

variant of 啼 (tí)

to cry
to wail

to call sweetly (of birds)

ululation
to howl

to wail with grief
plaintive cry

liǔtíhuāyuàn

desolate

dùjuāntíxuè

lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom)
fig. extreme grief

hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty

jiānshēngtíkū

squeal

tíxiàojiēfēi

lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
between laughter and tears

to weep endlessly
interminable wailing