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狐

hú

Character

What 狐 means

1. fox

Example sentences

• 狐狸吃母鸡。
  Húli chī mǔjī.
  Foxes eat hens.
• 我使用火狐。
  I use Firefox.
• 狐狸很可爱！
  Foxes are so adorable!
• 猎人射杀了狐狸。
  Lièrén shèshā le húli.
  The hunter shot the fox dead.
• 狐狸是野生动物。
  A fox is a wild animal.
• 这家伙像个狐狸。
  This guy looks like a fox.

Words starting with 狐

• 狐狸hú lifox; (fig.) sly or crafty person
• 狐疑hú yíto doubt; to suspect
• 狐狸精hú li jīngfox-spirit; vixen; witch
• 狐朋狗友hú péng gǒu yǒua pack of rogues (idiom); a gang of scoundrels
• 狐女hú nǚfox lady; in folk stories, a beautiful girl who will seduce you then reveal herself as a…
• 狐猴hú hóulemur
• 狐臭hú chòubody odor; bromhidrosis
• 狐步舞hú bù wǔfox-trot (ballroom dance) (loanword)
• 狐假虎威hú jiǎ hǔ wēilit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to…
• 狐群狗党hú qún gǒu dǎnga skulk of foxes, a pack of dogs (idiom); a gang of rogues
• 狐蝠hú fúflying fox; fruit bat (genus Pteropus)
• 狐狸座Hú li zuò(astronomy) Vulpecula
• 狐狸尾巴hú li wěi balit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions; to reveal one's evil nature…
• 狐獴hú měngmeerkat

Words containing 狐

• 搜狐Sōu húSohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
• 令狐Líng húold place name (in present-day Linyi County 临猗县; two-character surname Linghu
• 老狐狸lǎo hú li(fig.) old fox; a wily, shrewd person
• 火狐huǒ húred panda (Ailurus fulgens); red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
• 白狐bái húarctic fox
• 赤狐chì húred fox (Vulpes vulpes)
• 银狐yín húsilver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus); also written 玄狐
• 北极狐běi jí húarctic fox
• 搜狐网Sōu hú WǎngSohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
• 兔死狐悲tù sǐ hú bēilit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a…
• 沙漠之狐Shā mò zhī HúDesert Fox
• 社鼠城狐shè shǔ chéng húlit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls; fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse…
• 与狐谋皮yǔ hú móu pí(idiom) to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests…
• 耳廓狐ěr kuò húfennec; Vulpes zerda
• 野狐禅yě hú chánheresy
• 玄狐xuán húsilver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus)
• 篝火狐鸣gōu huǒ hú míngto tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion…
• 令狐德棻Líng hú Dé fēnLinghu Defen (583-666), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Zhou of the…
• 九尾狐jiǔ wěi húnine-tailed fox (mythological creature)

Characters built on 瓜

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

• 孤gūlone; lonely
• 弧húarc
• 呱gūused in 呱呱; Taiwan pr. wā
• 觚gūgoblet; rule; law
• 瓠hùgourd

Characters that look like 狐

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

• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 孤gūlone; lonely
• 狠hěnruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute; to harden (one's heart)
• 拦lánto block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
• 弧húarc
• 胍guāguanidine

Sounds the same

Read hú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 胡non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 壶pot; classifier for bottled liquid
• 蝴used in 蝴蝶
• 湖lake
• 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