啼饥号寒

Traditional form:

啼饑號寒

Pinyin (reading):

tíjīháohán

Definitions:

• hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty

Characters:

• 啼 - to weep, to whimper; to howl; to crow
• 饥 - hungry, starving; hunger, famine
• 号 - mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar
• 寒 - chilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble

Traditional characters:

• 啼 - to weep, to whimper; to howl; to crow
• 饑 - famine; to starve, to go hungry
• 號 - mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar
• 寒 - chilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble