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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xū | xu1
English translation
to blow, to exhale, to hiss, to sigh; to praise

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Interjection / 叹词 tàn cí Tàn cí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口虚

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

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保罗 Bǎo luó 吹嘘 chuī xū liū 冰溜 bīng liū hěn bàng , dàn diē le jiāo Hòu , què 哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé .

Paul boasted that he was a good skater, but after he fell, he laughed on the other side of his face.

gāng 开始 kāishǐ 歌唱 gē chàng shí yǒu rén 发出 fā chū le hěn de 嘘声 xū shēng .

There were loud groans when he started to sing.

de gǒu gǎn chū 花园 huā yuán .

She booed the dog out of the garden.

de 坦白 tǎnbái 引起 yǐnqǐ le 人们 rén men 嘲讽 cháo fěng de jiào

His confession was greeted with derisive hoots.

到底 dàodǐ xiǎng 不想 bù xiǎng 听啊

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to hiss
吹嘘 chuī xū to brag吹噓
唏嘘 xī xū to sob唏噓
嘘声 xū shēng hissing sound噓聲
嘘寒问暖 xū hán wèn nuǎn to pamper噓寒問暖
嘘嘘 xū xū to pee pee (kiddie or feminine slang)噓噓
自我吹嘘 zì wǒ chuī xū to blow one's own horn (idiom)自我吹噓
喘嘘嘘 chuǎn xū xū to puff and blow喘噓噓

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