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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hù | hu4
English translation
mutual
mutually, reciprocally

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

Contains the radical

èr

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

Two hooks hooking eachother

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

èr

Explanation

Depicts two symmetric figures facing each other.

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因此 yīncǐ dāng 互补 hù bǔ 染色体 rǎn sè tǐ 丢失 diū shī shí , jiù huì 产生 chǎnshēng 恶性 è xìng fēn .

Maligrant segregants may, therefore, arise when complementing chromosomes are lost.

他们 tā men 总是 zǒngshì Jiào míng 互相 hùxiāng 称呼 chēnghu .

They always addressed each other by their Christian name.

gāi 相互 xiāng hù 关系 guānxi jiāng shì D jiē 讨论 tǎolùn de 主题 zhǔtí .

This relationship will be the object of Section D.

孩子 háizi men dōu 做声 zuò shēng , 互相 hùxiāng 敌视 díshì , 报复 bàofù xīn Qiáng , 不断 bùduàn de jiào 饿 è .

The children were silent, hostile, vindictive, continuously complaining of hunger.

英国 Yīng guó rén 说话 shuōhuà dōu Néng 互相 hùxiāng yǐn dǒng , shì 他们 tā men 讲话 jiǎng huà què yǐn dǒng .

The English understand each other, but I don't understand them.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
互相 hùxiāng each other互相 hùxiāng
相互 xiāng hù each other相互 xiāng hù
互联网 Hùliánwǎng Internet互聯網
mutual
互动 hù dòng to interact互動
互助 Hù zhù Huzhu Tuzu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区 Hǎi dōng dì qū [Hǎi​dōng​dì​qū], Qinghai互助 Hù zhù
互补 hù bǔ complementary互補
互利 hù lì mutually beneficial互利 hù lì
交互 jiāo hù mutual交互 jiāo hù
互换 hù huàn to exchange互換
互惠 hù huì mutual benefit互惠 hù huì
互通 hù tōng to intercommunicate互通 hù tōng
互访 hù fǎng exchange visits互訪
平等互利 píng děng hù lì mutual benefit平等互利 píng děng hù lì
互连 hù lián interconnection互連
相互作用 xiāng hù zuò yòng to interact相互作用 xiāng hù zuò yòng
互不相让 hù bù xiāng ràng neither giving way to the other互不相讓
互通有无 hù tōng yǒu wú mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)互通有無
互不侵犯 hù bù qīn fàn non-aggression互不侵犯 hù bù qīn fàn

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