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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hū | hu1
English translation
to call
to cry
to shout
to breath out
to exhale
variant of [hū]
to call out
to breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口乎

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Fāng 鸿 hóng 渐要 bào 小姐 xiǎojie 欢心 huān xīn ,便 biàn Hēi tián 朱古力 zhū gǔ lì 小姐 xiǎojie 那些 nà xiē 亲昵 qīn nì de 称呼 chēnghu 告诉 gàosu .

He tried to amuse her by calling her the affectionate nicknames " Dark Sweetie " and " Miss Chocolate. "

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

They always addressed each other by their Christian name.

zài hěn Gāo de 地方 dìfāng 呼吸 hūxī jiù biàn 得很 de hěn nán .

Respiration becomes difficult at great heights.

Néng Cóng de 呼吸 hūxī Zhōng 闻到 wén dào 酒味 jiǔ wèi .

I could smell booze on his breath.

zài 海拔 hǎibá Gāo de 地方 dìfāng huì 感到 gǎn dào 呼吸 hūxī 困难 kùnnan .

At high altitudes it is difficult to breathe.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
呼吸 hūxī to breathe呼吸 hūxī
to call
招呼 zhāo hu to greet招呼 zhāo hu
呼吁 hūyù an appeal呼籲
呼叫 hū jiào to shout呼叫 hū jiào
称呼 chēnghu to call稱呼
欢呼 huān hū to cheer for歡呼
打招呼 dǎzhāohu to give prior notice打招呼 dǎzhāohu
呼唤 hūhuàn to shout呼喚
呼呼 hū hū (onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb who is sound asleep呼呼 hū hū
呼声 hū shēng a shout呼聲
呼吸道 hū xī dào respiratory tract呼吸道 hū xī dào
高呼 gāo hū to shout loudly高呼 gāo hū
呼喊 hū hǎn to shout (slogans etc)呼喊 hū hǎn
惊呼 jīng hū to cry out in alarm or surprise驚呼
呼啸 hūxiào to whistle呼嘯
呼应 hū yìng to echo呼應
呼救 hū jiù to call for help呼救 hū jiù
呜呼 wū hū alas嗚呼
呼和浩特 Hū hé hào tè Hohhot prefecture-level city, capital of Inner Mongolia autonomous region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区 Nèi měng gǔ Zì zhì qū [Nèi​měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​qū]呼和浩特 Hū hé hào tè
传呼 chuán hū to notify sb of a call傳呼
人工呼吸 rén gōng hū xī artificial respiration (medicine)人工呼吸 rén gōng hū xī
呼噜 hū lū (onom.) snoring呼嚕
打呼噜 dǎ hū lu to snore打呼嚕

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