# 哭笑不得 (kūxiàobùdé)

In Mandarin Chinese, 哭笑不得 (kūxiàobùdé) means “not know whether to laugh or cry”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: not know whether to laugh or cry
- Pinyin: kūxiàobùdé (ku1 xiao4 bu4 de2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他的粗心让人哭笑不得。
  Tā de cūxīn ràng rén kūxiào-bùdé.
  His careless mistake left people not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

## Characters

- [哭](https://hanziro.com/word/ku-cry/) (kū): to cry
- [笑](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-laugh/) (xiào): to laugh; to smile
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [得](https://hanziro.com/word/de-complement-marker/) (de): (particle) complement marker

https://hanziro.com/word/ku-xiao-bu-de-not-know-whether/

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