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呼啸 hūxiào

呼啸 hūxiào Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 呼啸 hūxiào .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hūxiào | hu1 xiao4
English translation
to whistle
to scream
to whiz

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Traditional form

呼嘯

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 呼啸 hūxiào

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

kǒu

Positional decomposition

口乎

Number of Strokes

8
xiào

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

kǒu

Positional decomposition

口肃

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 呼啸 hūxiào

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我们 wǒmen 听到 tīng dào 头顶 tóu dǐng shǎng 子弹 zǐdàn 呼啸而过 hū xiào ér guò de 声音 shēngyīn shí jiù zài 地上 dì shang .

We laid ourselves flat when we heard the bullets whistling overhead.

紧闭 jǐn bì de 窗户 chuānghu wài 狂风 kuáng fēng 呼啸 hūxiào

The wind wailed outside the closed windows.

头顶 tóu dǐng shǎng 直升机 zhí shēng jī zài 呼啸 hūxiào 巨大 jùdà de 螺旋桨 luó xuán jiǎng 叶片 yè piàn 搅动 jiǎo dòng zhāo 空气 kōngqì

Overhead, the chopper roared and the big blades churned the air.

气流 qì liú 一直 yīzhí Cóng 我们 wǒmen 身边 shēn biān 呼啸而过 hū xiào ér guò

The air was rushing past us all the time.

谈话 tán huà shí 一架军用 jūn yòng 喷气式 pēn qì shì 飞机 fēijī zài 镇子上空 shàng kōng 呼啸而过 hū xiào ér guò

As he talked, an airforce jet screamed over the town.

呼啸 hūxiào Decomposition

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呼啸 hūxiào Compounds

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