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忽

hū

HSK 5 Character

What 忽 means

1. to neglect
2. to overlook
3. to ignore
4. suddenly

Other readings

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

• Hūsurname Hu

Example sentences

• 警告被忽视。
  The warnings were ignored.
• 我把她忽略了。
  Wǒ bǎ tā hūlüè le.
  I ignored her.
• 他怠忽职守了。
  Tā dàihū zhíshǒu le.
  He neglected his duties.
• 我忽略了事实。
  I overlooked the truth.
• 他责备了我的疏忽。
  Tā zébèi le wǒ de shūhu.
  He reprimanded me for my oversight.
• 忽然天气转为多云。
  Hūrán tiānqì zhuǎn wèi duōyún.
  All of a sudden, it became cloudy.

Words starting with 忽

• 忽然hū ránsuddenly; all of a sudden
• 忽视hū shìto neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore
• 忽略hū lüèto neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 忽地hū desuddenly
• 忽而hū érsuddenly; now (..., now...)
• 忽闪hū shǎnto glitter; to gleam; to sparkle
• 忽必烈Hū bì lièKhubilai Khan (1215-1294), grandson of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗, first Yuan dynasty emperor…
• 忽忽hū hūfleeting (of quick passage time); in a flash; distracted manner
• 忽闻hū wénto hear suddenly; to learn of sth unexpectedly
• 忽布hū bùhops
• 忽微hū wēiminuscule quantity; minor matter
• 忽上忽下hū shàng hū xiàto fluctuate sharply
• 忽冷忽热hū lěng hū rènow hot, now cold; (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate
• 忽忽不乐hū hū bù lèdisappointed and unhappy; dispirited
• 忽略不计hū lüè bù jìto disregard (sth seen as negligible); to neglect (sth seen as insignificant)
• 忽隐忽现hū yǐn hū xiànintermittent; now you see it, now you don't
• 忽高忽低hū gāo hū dīalternately soaring and plunging
• 忽悠hū youto rock; to sway; to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water)
• 忽忽悠悠hū hū yōu yōuindifferent to the passing of time; careless
• 忽哨hū shàoto whistle (with fingers in one's mouth); nowadays written 呼哨
• 忽鲁谟斯Hū lǔ mó sīold Chinese name for Hormuz; now called 霍尔木兹

Words containing 忽

• 疏忽shū huto neglect; to overlook; negligence
• 飘忽piāo hūswiftly moving; fleet; to sway
• 倏忽shū hū(literary) suddenly
• 玩忽wán hūto neglect; to trifle with; not to take seriously
• 玩忽职守wán hū zhí shǒuto neglect one's duty; dereliction of duty; malpractice
• 积于忽微jī yú hū wēito accumulate tiny quantities (idiom)
• 疏忽大意shū hu dà yìoversight; negligence; careless
• 疏忽职守shū hū zhí shǒuto neglect one's duties
• 飘忽不定piāo hū bù dìngto drift without a resting place (idiom); roving; errant
• 藐忽miǎo hūto disregard
• 怠忽dài hūto neglect
• 黑忽忽hēi hū hūvariant of 黑糊糊
• 恍忽huǎng hūvariant of 恍惚
• 觑忽qù huvariant of 觑糊

Characters built on 勿

These share the phonetic component 勿 (wù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…
• 笏hù(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)
• 囫húused in 囫囵
• 芴hū(old) vaguely; suddenly

Characters that look like 忽

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

• 总zǒng(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably
• 态tài(bound form); appearance; shape
• 忍rěnto bear; to endure; to tolerate
• 怒nùanger; fury; flourishing
• 忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
• 怠dàiidle; lazy; negligent

Sounds the same

Read hū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 乎(classical particle similar to 于; at; from
• 呼to call; to cry; to shout
• 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