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- to shout
- to bawl
- to yell (to urge on an animal)
- to hawk (one's wares)
- to denounce loudly
- to shout slogans
- to drink tea
- to get engaged
- to have a serious conversation
- (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
- to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted)
- (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way
- practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism)
- to rebuke sternly
Trad. 賺吆喝
- (of a company) to gain recognition through promotional efforts; to spend money to win customers
- lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
- fig. to live well
Trad. 開鑼喝道
- to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)
- lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
- to eat and drink as much as one likes
- to make a pig of oneself
Trad. 呼來喝去
- to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
- always bossing people around
Trad. 吃喝嫖賭
- lit. to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling (idiom)
- fig. to lead a life of dissipation
Trad. 吃喝玩樂
- lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom)
- fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
Trad. 喝西北風
- lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom)
- fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
- to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep
- (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
Trad. 喝涼水都塞牙
- (coll.) to be out of luck
Trad. 三個和尚沒水喝
- lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
- fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
- (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
Trad. 牛不喝水強按頭
- lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom)
- fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
Trad. 牛不喝水難按角
- (idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink