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葫

hú

Character

What 葫 means

1. used in {葫芦|hú lu}

Example sentences

• 他葫芦里不知卖的是什么药？
  Tā húlu lǐ bù zhī mài de shì shénme yào?
  I wonder what he's up to.
• 他葫芦里不知卖的是什幺药？
  I wonder what he's up to.
• 姐姐在市场买了一点茄子、土豆、西葫芦和大白菜。
  Jiějie zài shìchǎng mǎi le yīdiǎn qiézi, tǔdòu, xīhúlu hé dàbáicài.
  Our sister bought some eggplants, potatoes, zucchinis and Chinese cabbage at the market.

Words starting with 葫

• 葫芦hú lucalabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist…
• 葫芦巴hú lú bāfenugreek
• 葫芦丝hú lú sīhulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
• 葫芦岛市Hú lú dǎo ShìHuludao, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 辽宁省
• 葫芦里卖的是什么药hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yàowhat has (he) got up (his) sleeve?; what's going on?
• 葫芦岛Hú lú dǎosee 葫芦岛市

Words containing 葫

• 糖葫芦táng hú lusugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu
• 冰糖葫芦bīng táng hú lusugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu
• 宝葫芦bǎo hú lumagic gourd, granting your every wish
• 闷葫芦mèn hú lulit. closed gourd; fig. enigma; complete mystery
• 水葫芦shuǐ hú luwater hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)
• 西葫芦xī hú luzucchini; courgette; baby marrow
• 马葫芦mǎ hú lu(dialect; loanword) manhole
• 手扳葫芦shǒu bān hú lulever hoist pulley
• 手拉葫芦shǒu lā hú luhand chain pulley block
• 手板葫芦shǒu bǎn hú lulever pulley block
• 气动葫芦qì dòng hú lupneumatic hoist pulley
• 起重葫芦qǐ chóng hú luhoist pulley
• 电动葫芦diàn dòng hú luelectric chain pulley block
• 依样画葫芦yī yàng huà hú lulit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom); fig. to copy sth mechanically without…
• 宝葫芦的秘密Bǎo hú lu de Mì mìSecret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 张天翼
• 依葫芦画瓢yī hú lu huà piáolit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)…
• 照葫芦画瓢zhào hú lu huà piáolit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom); fig. to copy slavishly
• 按下葫芦浮起瓢àn xià hú lú fú qǐ piáosolve one problem only to find another cropping up
• 提葫芦tí hú lúvariant of 提壶芦

Characters built on 胡

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

• 湖húlake
• 糊hūto smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like); Taiwan pr. hú
• 瑚húused in 珊瑚
• 蝴húused in 蝴蝶
• 鹕húused in 鹈鹕
• 醐húused in 醍醐
• 煳húburnt; to char
• 猢húused in 猢狲

Characters that look like 葫

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

• 筵yánbamboo mat for sitting
• 筷kuàichopstick
• 蓓bèiused in 蓓蕾
• 鹃juāncuckoo
• 鹊quèmagpie
• 粱liángsorghum

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
• 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
• 鹕used in 鹈鹕
• 槲Mongolian oak (Quercus dentata); see also 槲树