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胡须 húxū

胡须 húxū Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 胡须 húxū .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
húxū | hu2 xu1
English translation
beard
CL: gēn [gēn], liǔ
> liǔ [liǔ]

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Traditional form

鬍鬚

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 胡须 húxū

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

古⺼

Number of Strokes

9

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of . Pictograph of a person with a bearded face. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. In simplified Chinese is also used to mean "beard", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character .

Positional decomposition

彡页

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 胡须 húxū

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zhè wèi 身体 shēntǐ 高大 gāo dà 胡须 húxū chá de rén 耸了耸肩.

The big beared man shrugged.

他们 tā men zhǐ 服从 fúcóng guāng 胡须 húxū de 法令 fǎ lìng .

They had to obey the decree that beards be shaved off.

kān zhāo māo tiǎn 胡须 húxū shǎng de 牛奶 niúnǎi .

He watched the cat cleaning the milk off her whiskers.

de 样子 yàngzi hěn 可怕 kěpà , 说不上 shuō bu shàng yǒu duō 岁数 suì shu , 头顶 tóu dǐng 厉害 lìhai ,胡须 húxū 蓬乱 péng luàn .

He looked terrible, any age, rather bald with a straggling beard.

看上去 kàn shang qu 相当 xiāngdāng 苍老 cāng lǎo ,两撇八字 bā zì 胡须 húxū 已经 yǐjīng 灰白 huī bái le .

He seemed to be fairly old for his moustache was ashen - grey.

胡须 húxū Decomposition

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胡须 húxū Compounds

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