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乎

hū

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

What 乎 means

1. (classical particle similar to {于|yú}) in
2. at
3. from
4. because
5. than
6. (classical final particle similar to {吗|ma}, {吧|ba}, {呢|ne}, expressing question, doubt or astonishment)

Example sentences

• 他胖乎乎。
  Tā pànghūhū.
  He is chubby.
• 我们在乎吗？
  Wǒmen zàihu ma?
  Do we care?
• 似乎很便宜。
  It seemed to be cheap.
• 我干嘛在乎？
  Why do I even care?
• 他几乎不来。
  He seldom, if ever, comes.
• 他几乎淹死。
  He almost drowned.

Words containing 乎

• 似乎sì hūit seems; seemingly; as if
• 几乎jī hūalmost; nearly; practically
• 在乎zài huto rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute)…
• 合乎hé hūto accord with; to conform to
• 不在乎bù zài hunot to care
• 近乎jìn huclose to; intimate
• 出乎chū hūdue to; to stem from; to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc)
• 出乎意料chū hū yì liào(idiom) unexpected
• 不亦乐乎bù yì lè hūlit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully
• 满不在乎mǎn bù zài hunot in the least concerned (idiom); reckless; couldn't give a damn about it
• 于是乎yú shì hūtherefore
• 傻乎乎shǎ hū hūfeeble-minded; dim-witted
• 热乎乎rè hū hūwarm; (of food) piping hot; (fig.) roused to warm feelings
• 不外乎bù wài hūnothing else but
• 关乎guān hūto relate to; concerning; about
• 微乎其微wēi hū qí wēia tiny bit; very little; next to nothing (idiom)
• 异乎寻常yì hū xún chángunusual; extraordinary
• 忙乎máng hūto be busy (colloquial)
• 套近乎tào jìn hūto worm one's way into being friends with sb (usually derogatory)
• 忘乎所以wàng hū suǒ yǐ(idiom) to get carried away; to lose one's sense of proportion
• 热乎rè huwarm; hot; affectionate
• 胖乎乎pàng hū hūchubby
• 无怪乎wú guài hūno wonder (that...)
• 介乎jiè hūto lie between

Characters that look like 乎

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 予yǔ(literary) to give
• 宇yǔroom; universe
• 夸kuāused in transliteration
• 芋yùtaro; Colocasia antiquorum; Colocasia esculenta

Sounds the same

Read hū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 呼to call; to cry; to shout
• 忽to neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 糊to smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like); Taiwan pr. hú
• 惚used in 恍惚
• 芴(old) vaguely; suddenly
• 唿to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth); (onomatopoeia) for the sound of the wind
• 幠arrogant; rude; to cover
• 昒daybreak; dawn; dusky
• 膴big piece of meat; dried meat
• 虍stripes of a tiger; "tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141)
• 虖to exhale; to call; scream of tiger
• 謼to shout; to mourn; to invoke

Where 乎 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 3 Characters · Set 17 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hū correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.