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胡须

hú xū

HSK 5 2-character word Traditional 鬍鬚 Measure word 根、绺

What 胡须 means

1. beard

The characters in 胡须

• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 须xūmust; to have to; to wait

Example sentences

• 我想拔你的胡须。
  I want to pluck your facial hair.
• 光有胡须不能造就一位哲学家。
  Guāng yǒu húxū bù néng zàojiù yī wèi zhéxuéjiā.
  A beard doesn't make a philosopher.

Words containing 胡须

• 八字胡须bā zì hú xūmustache shaped like character 八

Where 胡须 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Body Parts & Physical Features (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hú xū correctly.
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