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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hú | hu2
English translation
variant of [hú]
congee
making a living
paste
cream
muddled; paste; to stick on with paste

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

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grain

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

米胡

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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jiǎng le 半天 bàn tiān , 还是 háishi 糊里糊.

After all his explanations , I remained none the wiser.

迷迷 de yòu 陶醉 táozuì zài 男欢女爱 nán huān nǚ aì de 幻梦 huàn mèng Zhōng le .

He drifted off into sexual reverie again.

qiáo , jiàng dōu zài 袖子 xiù zi shǎng le .

Look, the paste has crusted on your sleeve.

心里 xīn li shuì , hāi ,老子 Lǎo zǐ 不含糊 bù hán hu !

Goddam, I'm okay, he said to himself.

yòng diǎn jiàng 断头 jiē 起来 qǐlai .

Use some paste to join the broken ends.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
模糊 móhu vague模糊 móhu
糊涂 hútu muddled糊塗
muddled
一塌糊涂 yī tā hú tu complete shambles一塌糊塗
迷糊 mí hu dazed迷糊 mí hu
糊弄 hù nong to fool糊弄 hù nong
含糊 hánhú ambiguous含糊 hánhú
迷迷糊糊 mí mí hū hū in a daze迷迷糊糊 mí mí hū hū
糊口 hú kǒu to scrape a meager living糊口 hú kǒu
模糊不清 mó hu bù qīng indistinct模糊不清 mó hu bù qīng
浆糊 jiàng hu paste漿糊
糊里糊涂 hú li hú tú confused糊裡糊塗
稀里糊涂 xī li hú tu muddleheaded稀裏糊塗
黏糊 nián hu sticky黏糊 nián hu
面糊 miàn hú starchy麵糊
血肉模糊 xuè ròu mó hu to be badly mangled or mutilated (idiom)血肉模糊 xuè ròu mó hu
老糊涂 lǎo hú tu dotard老糊塗
养家糊口 yǎng jiā hú kǒu to support one's family (idiom); to have difficulty feeding a family養家糊口
不含糊 bù hán hu unambiguous不含糊 bù hán hu
糊糊 hú hu viscous糊糊 hú hu
含糊不清 hán hú bù qīng unclear含糊不清 hán hú bù qīng
糊涂虫 hú tu chóng blunderer糊塗蟲
糨糊 jiàng hu paste糨糊 jiàng hu

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Decomposition

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