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户

hù

HSK 4 Character Traditional 戶

What 户 means

1. a household
2. door
3. family

Example sentences

• 这是落户。
  Zhè shì luòhù.
  That settles that.
• 关上窗户！
  Close the window.
• 户外运动。
  Exercise outdoors.
• 我是个客户。
  I'm a client.
• 关上窗户啊。
  Make sure you close the windows.
• 你的账户空了。
  Nǐ de zhànghù kōng le.
  Your account is empty.

Words starting with 户

• 户口hù kǒupopulation (counted as number of households for census or taxation)…
• 户外hù wàioutdoor
• 户籍hù jícensus register; household register
• 户型hù xíngconfiguration of rooms in a residence (e.g. 3BR 2 Bath)
• 户口本hù kǒu běnhousehold register; household registration booklet; residence certificate
• 户头hù tóubank account
• 户部Hù bùMinistry of Revenue in imperial China
• 户主hù zhǔhead of the household
• 户口簿hù kǒu bùhousehold register
• 户内hù nèiindoors; within the home
• 户限hù xiànthreshold
• 户口制hù kǒu zhìPRC system of compulsory registration of households
• 户口制度hù kǒu zhì dùPRC system of compulsory registration
• 户均hù jūnhousehold average
• 户部尚书hù bù shàng shūMinister of Revenue (from the Han dynasty onwards)
• 户限为穿hù xiàn wéi chuānto have an endless stream of visitors (idiom)
• 户告人晓hù gào rén xiǎoto make known to every household (idiom); to disseminate widely…
• 户口名簿hù kǒu míng bù(Taiwan) household registration certificate (identity document)
• 户枢不蠹hù shū bù dùlit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten; constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
• 户牖hù yǒudoor and window; the home

Words containing 户

• 用户yòng hùuser; consumer; subscriber
• 窗户chuāng huwindow
• 账户zhàng hù(bank, computer etc) account
• 客户kè hùclient; customer
• 家喻户晓jiā yù hù xiǎounderstood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name
• 门户mén hùdoor; strategic gateway; portal
• 住户zhù hùhousehold; inhabitant; householder
• 开户kāi hùto open an account (bank etc)
• 农户nóng hùfarmer; farmer household
• 落户luò hùto settle; to set up home
• 个体户gè tǐ hùself-employed; a private firm (PRC usage)
• 大户dà hùgreat family; rich family; large landlord
• 商户shāng hùmerchant; trader; businessman; firm
• 家家户户jiā jiā hù hùeach and every family (idiom); every household
• 暴发户bào fā hùnewly rich; parvenu; upstart
• 过户guò hùto transfer ownership or title (of real estate or a vehicle etc)…
• 挨家挨户āi jiā āi hùto go from house to house
• 足不出户zú bù chū hù(idiom) to not leave one's home; to stay indoors
• 千家万户qiān jiā wàn hùevery family (idiom)
• 散户sǎn hùindividual (shareholder); the small investor
• 万户wàn hùten thousand houses or households
• 神户Shén hùKobe, city in Japan
• 储户chǔ hù(bank) depositor
• 专业户zhuān yè hùrural household that specializes in a particular type of product; (fig.) specialist

Characters built on 尸

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

• 局júnarrow
• 属shǔcategory; genus (taxonomy); family members
• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 履lǚshoe; to tread on
• 卢lú(old) rice vessel; black; old variant of 庐
• 屋wū(bound form) house; (bound form) room
• 屠túto slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged

Characters that look like 户

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

• 卢lú(old) rice vessel; black; old variant of 庐

Sounds the same

Read hù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 护to protect
• 互mutual
• 沪short name for Shanghai
• 糊paste; cream
• 笏(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)
• 扈retinue
• 祜celestial blessing
• 怙to rely on; father (formal)
• 戽water bucket for irrigation
• 楛(tree)
• 瓠gourd
• 岵(literary) mountain covered with vegetation