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胡

hú

HSK 5 Character

What 胡 means

1. non-Han people, esp. from central Asia
2. reckless
3. outrageous
4. what?
5. why?
6. to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written {和|hú})

Other readings

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

• húused in {胡同|hú tòng}
• húbeard; mustache; whiskers
• Húsurname Hu

Example sentences

• 胡扯!
  Húchě!
  That's shit!
• 胡说！
  Nonsense!
• 胡说。
  Poppycock.
• 别胡说。
  Don't talk rubbish.
• 加胡椒！
  Add pepper!
• 这是胡说。
  Zhè shì húshuō.
  This is gibberish.

Words starting with 胡

• 胡同hú tònglane; alley
• 胡说hú shuōto talk nonsense; drivel
• 胡须hú xūbeard
• 胡乱hú luàncareless; reckless; casually
• 胡锦涛Hú Jǐn tāoHu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013
• 胡子hú zibeard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair
• 胡耀邦Hú Yào bāngHu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician
• 胡适Hú ShìHu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白话文
• 胡思乱想hú sī luàn xiǎng(idiom) to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild
• 胡说八道hú shuō bā dàoto talk rubbish
• 胡萝卜hú luó bocarrot
• 胡闹hú nàoto act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble
• 胡言乱语hú yán luàn yǔbabbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch
• 胡扯hú chěto chatter; nonsense; blather
• 胡椒hú jiāopepper
• 胡克Hú kèHook or Hooke (name); Robert Hooke (1635-1703), brilliant English experimental scientist…
• 胡夫Hú fūKhufu (pharaoh, reigned possibly 2590-2568 BC)
• 胡桃hú táowalnut
• 胡来hú láito act arbitrarily regardless of the rules; to mess with sth; to make a hash of things
• 胡佳Hú JiāHu Jia (1973-), PRC dissident human rights activist
• 胡志明Hú Zhì míngHo Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader; see also 胡志明市
• 胡作非为hú zuò fēi wéito run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
• 胡椒粉hú jiāo fěnground pepper (i.e. powder)
• 胡琴hú qinhuqin; family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and…

Words containing 胡

• 二胡èr húerhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle); alto fiddle
• 刮胡子guā hú zito shave
• 死胡同sǐ hú tòngdead end; blind alley
• 络腮胡子luò sāi hú zifull beard
• 京胡jīng hújinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese…
• 东胡Dōng húEastern barbarian; ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China
• 板胡bǎn húa bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard
• 奥胡斯Ào hú sīAarhus, city in Denmark
• 欧胡岛Ōu hú DǎoOʻahu, third-largest and most populated island of the Hawaiian archipelago
• 红胡子hóng hú ziband of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic)
• 圣胡安Shèng hú ānSan Juan, capital of Puerto Rico
• 卫生胡wèi shēng hútoothbrush moustache; Hitler moustache
• 伊于胡底yī yú hú dǐwhere will it stop?
• 信口胡说xìn kǒu hú shuōto speak without thinking; to blurt sth out
• 满口胡言mǎn kǒu hú yánto spout nonsense; to bullshit endlessly
• 让胡路区Ràng hú lù QūRanghulu, a district of Daqing City 大庆市
• 山羊胡子shān yáng hú zigoatee
• 柴胡chái húChinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense); root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)
• 北柴胡běi chái húhonewort; Cryptotaenia japonica
• 满口胡柴mǎn kǒu hú cháito spout nonsense; to bullshit endlessly
• 丙子胡乱Bǐng zǐ Hú luànsecond Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
• 山胡桃木shān hú táo mùhickory
• 野胡萝卜yě hú luó bocarrot (Daucus carota)
• 坠胡zhuì hútwo-stringed bowed instrument; also called 坠琴

Characters built on 古

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

• 估gūto estimate
• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 故gùhappening; instance; reason
• 固gùhard; strong; solid
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 辜gūcrime; sin
• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring

Characters that look like 胡

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

• 朋péngfriend
• 朗lǎngclear; bright
• 弱ruòweak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as
• 钥yuèkey; also pr. yào
• 砸záto smash; to pound; to fail
• 绢juànthin, tough silk fabric

Sounds the same

Read hú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 壶pot; classifier for bottled liquid
• 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