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呼吁

hū yù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 呼籲

呼吁 (hū yù) means "to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to); an appeal". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 呼吁 means

1. to call on (sb to do sth)
2. to appeal (to)
3. an appeal

The characters in 呼吁

• 呼hūto call; to cry; to shout
• 吁yùto implore

Example sentences

• 我们提出了请求支持的呼吁。
  Wǒmen tíchū le qǐngqiú zhīchí de hūyù.
  We made an appeal for support.
• 总统呼吁全国民众在对抗贫穷或疾病的时候，一定要团结一致。
  Zǒngtǒng hūyù quánguó mínzhòng zài duìkàng pínqióng huò jíbìng de shíhou, yīdìngyào tuánjié yīzhì.
  The president called on the people to unite in fighting poverty and disease.
• 总统再次呼吁国会通过《薪酬公平法案》，该法案将加强《同工同酬法案》，并为女性提供更多对抗薪资歧视的工具。
  The President reiterated his call for Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act and give women more tools to fight pay discrimination.

Where 呼吁 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hū yù correctly.
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