涕てい泣きゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

weeping; sobbing

A formal, literary term for shedding tears and crying aloud. In modern Japanese, 泣く or 涙を流す are far more common. May appear in classical literature or poetic contexts.

• 古こ文ぶんでは「涕てい泣きゅう」と書かいて「ていきゅう」と読よませ、声こえを上あげて泣なくことを表あらわす。

  In classical texts, 涕泣 is read as ていきゅう and means crying aloud.