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唬

hǔ

Character

What 唬 means

1. a tiger's roar
2. to scare
3. to intimidate
4. colloquialto fool
5. to bluff

Example sentences

• 别想吓唬我。
  Bié xiǎng xiàhu wǒ.
  Don't try to intimidate me.
• 不要唬我了！
  Bù yào hǔ wǒ le!
  Don't give me that crap!
• 你别唬我呀！
  Stop trying to play me for a fool!
• 我没想吓唬你。
  Wǒ méi xiǎng xiàhu nǐ.
  I didn't want to surprise you.
• 我没想要吓唬您。
  I didn't mean to spook you.
• 我没想吓唬汤姆的。
  I didn't mean to scare Tom.

Words starting with 唬

• 唬人hǔ rénto scare people; to bluff; to deceive
• 唬弄hǔ nòngto fool; to deceive
• 唬烂hǔ làn(slang; Taiwan) to bullshit; to fool

Words containing 唬

• 吓唬xià huto scare; to frighten
• 诈唬zhà huto bluff; to bluster; to intimidate

Characters that look like 唬

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

• 喔ō(interjection) oh; I see (used to indicate realization, understanding)
• 狼lángwolf
• 啸xiào(of people) to whistle; (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
• 琥hǔused in 琥珀
• 喱lígrain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams); Taiwan pr. lǐ
• 馊sōurancid; soured (as food)

Sounds the same

Read hǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 虎tiger
• 琥used in 琥珀
• 浒bank of a river
• 乕old variant of 虎