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壶

hú

HSK 5 Character Traditional 壺

What 壶 means

1. pot
2. classifier for bottled liquid

Example sentences

• 茶壶沸了。
  The kettle is boiling.
• 那个茶壶很脏啊！
  Nàge cháhú hěn zāng ā!
  That teapot's pretty dirty.
• 壶里面没有砂糖了。
  There is no sugar left in the pot.
• 咖啡壶里装满了咖啡。
  Kāfēihú lǐ zhuāngmǎn le kāfēi.
  The coffee pot is full of coffee.
• 请用开水把茶壶灌满。
  Qǐng yòng kāishuǐ bǎ cháhú guàn mǎn.
  Please fill the teapot with boiling water.
• 鲍伯把这个壶装满了水。
  Bào bó bǎ zhège hú zhuāngmǎn le shuǐ.
  Bob filled the pot with water.

Words starting with 壶

• 壶关县Hú guān XiànHuguan, a county in Changzhi City 长治市
• 壶铃hú língkettlebell, girya
• 壶关Hú guānsee 壶关县

Words containing 壶

• 水壶shuǐ húkettle; canteen; watering can
• 茶壶chá húteapot
• 酒壶jiǔ húwine pot; wine cup
• 咖啡壶kā fēi húcoffee pot; coffee maker
• 暖壶nuǎn húvacuum flask; thermos flask
• 便壶biàn húbed urinal; chamber pot
• 冰壶bīng hújade pot for cold water; curling (sport); curling puck
• 喷壶pēn húspray bottle
• 夜壶yè húchamber pot
• 投壶tóu húancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number…
• 漏壶lòu húwater clock; clepsydra
• 开壶kāi húto season a new teapot before first use; (sports, curling) to throw the first stone…
• 喷水壶pēn shuǐ húwatering can; sprinkling can
• 水烟壶shuǐ yān húbong; water pipe (for tobacco etc); hookah
• 法压壶Fǎ yā húFrench press; press pot
• 滤压壶lǜ yā húFrench press; press pot
• 烧水壶shāo shuǐ húkettle
• 开水壶kāi shuǐ húkettle
• 电热壶diàn rè húelectric kettle
• 冰壶秋月bīng hú qiū yuèjade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 苏东坡)…
• 蓬壶Péng húfabled island in Eastern sea, abode of immortals; same as Penglai 蓬莱
• 悬壶xuán hú(literary) to practice medicine; to work as a pharmacist
• 悬壶济世xuán hú jì shìpractice medicine or pharmacy to help the people or public
• 鼻烟壶bí yān húsnuff bottle

Characters that look like 壶

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

• 查cháto research; to check; to investigate
• 盎àng(literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth…
• 歪wāiaskew; at a crooked angle; devious
• 盔kuīhelmet
• 匮kuìto lack; lacking; empty
• 聂nièto whisper

Sounds the same

Read hú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 胡non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 蝴used in 蝴蝶
• 湖lake
• 狐fox
• 糊to paste; to glue; blurry; unclear; muddled; (esp. of food) scorched; burnt
• 弧arc
• 斛ancient measuring vessel; fifty liters; dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗…
• 和to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
• 瑚used in 珊瑚
• 葫used in 葫芦
• 鹕used in 鹈鹕
• 槲Mongolian oak (Quercus dentata); see also 槲树