| 哭 | kū | to cry; to weep |
| 得 | dé | to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 得 | děi | to have to; must; ought to; to need to |
| 死 | sǐ | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely |
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed |
| 活 | huó | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
| 来 | lái | to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next |
| 死去活来 | sǐ qù huó lái | to hover between life and death (idiom); to suffer terribly; within an inch of one's life |
