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呼

hū

HSK 4 Character

What 呼 means

1. to call
2. to cry
3. to shout
4. to breath out
5. to exhale

Other readings

呼 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• hūvariant of {呼|hū}; to shout; to call out

Example sentences

• 呼气。
  Exhale.
• 有人呼救。
  Yǒurén hūjiù.
  Someone yelled for help.
• 请深呼吸。
  Take a deep breath, please.
• 呼吸困难。
  Breathing was difficult.
• 有人在呼救。
  Yǒurén zài hūjiù.
  Someone is calling for help.
• 他在呼吸吗?
  Is he breathing?

Words starting with 呼

• 呼吸hū xīto breathe
• 呼吁hū yùto call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to); an appeal
• 呼啸hū xiàoto whistle; to scream; to whiz
• 呼唤hū huànto call out (a name etc); to shout
• 呼呼hū hū(onomatopoeia) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb who is sound asleep
• 呼喊hū hǎnto shout (slogans etc)
• 呼声hū shēnga shout; fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
• 呼叫hū jiàoto shout; to yell; (telecommunications) to call
• 呼噜hū lū(onomatopoeia) sound of snoring, wheezing, or a cat purring
• 呼应hū yìngto conform (with); to echo; to correlate well
• 呼机hū jīpager
• 呼出hū chūto exhale; to breathe out; to make an outgoing call…
• 呼吸道hū xī dàorespiratory tract
• 呼救hū jiùto call for help
• 呼哧hū chī(onomatopoeia) sound of panting
• 呼号hū háoto wail; to cry out in distress
• 呼之欲出hū zhī yù chūlit. ready to appear at the call (idiom); fig. on the verge of coming out into the open…
• 呼风唤雨hū fēng huàn yǔto call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers…
• 呼啦啦hū lā lāflapping sound
• 呼格hū gévocative case (grammar)
• 呼气hū qìto breathe out
• 呼中区Hū zhōng QūHuzhong, a district of Daxing'anling Prefecture 大兴安岭地区
• 呼叫器hū jiào qìpager; beeper
• 呼叫声hū jiào shēngwhoop

Words containing 呼

• 称呼chēng huto call; to address as; form of address; appellation
• 打招呼dǎ zhāo huto greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice
• 招呼zhāo huto call out to; to greet; to say hello to
• 欢呼huān hūto cheer for; to acclaim
• 惊呼jīng hūto cry out in alarm or surprise
• 高呼gāo hūto shout loudly
• 传呼chuán hūto notify sb of a call; to call sb to the phone
• 气呼呼qì hū hūpanting with rage
• 呜呼wū hūalas; alack; welladay
• 大呼小叫dà hū xiǎo jiàoto shout and quarrel; to make a big fuss
• 直呼zhí hūto say straightforwardly
• 欢呼雀跃huān hū què yuècheering excitedly (idiom); jubilant
• 打呼噜dǎ hū luto snore
• 大声疾呼dà shēng jí hūto call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention; to make one's views known
• 传呼机chuán hū jīpager; beeper
• 一命呜呼yī mìng wū hūto die (idiom); to breathe one's last; to give up the ghost
• 人工呼吸rén gōng hū xīartificial respiration (medicine)
• 寻呼机xún hū jīpager; beeper
• 打呼dǎ hūto snore
• 传呼电话chuán hū diàn huàneighborhood telephone, with sb in charge of notifying others when they receive a call
• 大呼拉尔Dà hū lā ěrState Great Khural or Great State Assembly, Mongolian parliament
• 直呼其名zhí hū qí míngto address sb directly by name; to address sb by name without using an honorific title…
• 巴音满都呼Bā yīn mǎn dū hūBayan Mandahu, village in Bayan Nur 巴彦淖尔
• 上呼吸道感染shàng hū xī dào gǎn rǎnupper respiratory tract infection

Characters that look like 呼

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

• 呀ya(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
• 呻shēn(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 咋zǎdialectal equivalent of 怎么; Taiwan pr. zé
• 哗huáclamor; noise; (bound form) sound used to call cats
• 哔bì(phonetic)
• 咛níngto enjoin

Sounds the same

Read hū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 乎(classical particle similar to 于; at; from
• 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