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霍

huò

HSK 6 Character

What 霍 means

1. literarysuddenly

Other readings

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

• Huòsurname Huo

Example sentences

• 我的名字叫霍普金斯。
  Wǒ de míngzi jiào Huòpǔjīnsī.
  My name is Hopkins.
• 去年有两百人因霍乱死亡。
  Qùnián yǒu liǎng bǎi rén yīn huòluàn sǐwáng.
  Two hundred people died of cholera last year.
• 柴门霍夫是世界语的创造者。
  Cháiménhuòfū shì Shìjièyǔ de chuàngzàozhě.
  Zamenhof is the creator of Esperanto.
• 世界语的创始人柴门霍夫是一个眼科医生。
  Shìjièyǔ de chuàngshǐrén Cháiménhuòfū shì yī gè yǎnkē yīshēng.
  Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, was an ophthalmologist.
• 我们能否指出一种语言诞生的确切日期？你或许会这样说：「真是个奇怪的问题！」然而，这样的日期确实存在：7 月 26 日，世界语日。1887 年的这一天，路德维克莱泽柴门霍夫在华沙出版了一本关于「国际语言」的小册子。
  Is it possible to indicate a date on which a language came into life? "What a question!" you will be inclined to say. And yet such a date exists: the 26th of July, the Day of Esperanto. On this day in 1887 appeared in Warsaw a booklet by Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof about the "International Language".
• 「我认为提姆霍顿斯咖啡馆和星巴克咖啡馆的菜单上应该有蓝莓冰茶。」「这主意太棒了！蓝莓冰茶正好赶上了水果茶的潮流。水果茶甜味中略带酸味。提姆霍顿斯可以利用已有的浑厚冰茶基础，而星巴克可以很容易地将蓝莓冰茶融入他们的摇匀冰茶和清凉饮料系列中。」
  "I think that Tim Hortons café and Starbucks café should have blueberry iced tea on their menu." "That's a refreshing idea! A blueberry iced tea would fit perfectly with the trend of fruit-infused teas that balance sweetness with a bit of tartness. Tim Hortons already has a strong iced tea base they could use, while Starbucks could easily fold it into their lineup of shaken iced teas and refreshers."

Words starting with 霍

• 霍华德Huò huá dé(name) Howard
• 霍金Huò jīnHawkins or Hawking; Stephen Hawking (1942-2018), English theoretical physicist
• 霍地huò dìsuddenly; abruptly
• 霍乱huò luàncholera
• 霍然huò ránsuddenly; quickly
• 霍霍huò huò(literary; onomatopoeia) sound of sharpening a knife; (colloquial) to mess with…
• 霍顿Huò dùnHotton, Holden, Wharton, Houghton etc (name)
• 霍克松Huò kè sōngHokksund (city in Buskerud, Norway)
• 霍夫曼Huò fū mànHofmann or Hoffman (name); August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892), German chemist…
• 霍州市Huò zhōu ShìHuozhou, a county-level city in Linfen City 临汾市
• 霍巴特Huò bā tèHobart, capital of Tasmania (Australia)
• 霍英东Huò Yīng dōngHenry Ying-tung Fok (1913-2006), Hong Kong tycoon with close PRC connections
• 霍乱毒素huò luàn dú sùcholera toxin
• 霍克海姆Huò kè hǎi mǔHorkheimer (philosopher)
• 霍尼亚拉Huò ní yà lāHoniara, capital of Solomon Islands
• 霍格沃茨Huò gé wò cíHogwarts (Harry Potter)
• 霍比特人Huò bǐ tè rénThe Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 托尔金
• 霍尔木兹Huò ěr mù zīHormuz, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf
• 霍尔木兹岛Huò ěr mù zī DǎoHormuz Island, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf
• 霍尔果斯市Huò ěr guǒ sī ShìKhorgos, a county-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈萨克自治州
• 霍普金斯大学Huò pǔ jīn sī Dà xuéJohns Hopkins University
• 霍城县Huò chéng XiànHuocheng, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈萨克自治州
• 霍山县Huò shān XiànHuoshan, a county in Lu'an City 六安市
• 霍然而愈huò rán ér yùto recover speedily (idiom); to get better quickly

Words containing 霍

• 挥霍huī huòto squander money; extravagant; prodigal
• 纳瓦霍Nà wǎ huòNavajo
• 莫霍面Mò huò miànMoho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosphere)
• 鸡霍乱jī huò luànfowl cholera
• 伊金霍洛Yī jīn huò luòEjin Horo banner (Ejen Khoruu khoshuu) in Ordos prefecture 鄂尔多斯
• 埃因霍温Āi yīn huò wēnEindhoven (city in the Netherlands)
• 挥霍无度huī huò wú dù(idiom) to squander recklessly; to spend extravagantly
• 李希霍芬Lǐ xī huò fēnFerdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major…
• 磨刀霍霍mó dāo huò huò(lit.) to sharpen one's sword (idiom); (fig.) to prepare to attack…
• 纳霍德卡Nà huò dé kǎNakhodka (city in Russia)
• 莫霍洛维奇Mò huò luò wéi qíAndrija Mohorovichich or Mohorovičić (1857-1936), Croatian geologist and seismologist who…
• 里希特霍芬Lǐ xī tè huò fēnFerdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major…
• 库肯霍夫公园Kù kěn huò fū Gōng yuánKeukenhof, flower garden in Netherlands
• 伊金霍洛旗Yī jīn huò luò qíEjin Horo banner (Ejen Khoruu khoshuu) in Ordos prefecture 鄂尔多斯
• 炉霍县Lú huò XiànLuhuo, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州
• 琴斯托霍瓦Qín sī tuō huò wǎCzęstochowa (city in Poland)
• 锡霍特Xī huò tèSichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
• 锡霍特山脉Xī huò tè shān màiSichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
• 鄂霍次克海È huò cì kè HǎiSea of Okhotsk
• 约翰·霍金斯Yuē hàn · Huò jīn sīJohn Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain…
• 锡霍特·阿林Xī huò tè · Ā línSichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
• 莫霍洛维奇不连续面Mò huò luò wéi qí bù lián xù miànMoho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosphere)…
• 纳撒尼尔·霍桑Nà sā ní ěr · Huò sāngNathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) American novelist and short story writer
• 弗朗索瓦·霍兰德Fú lǎng suǒ wǎ · Huò lán déFrançois Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, president of France 2012-2017…

Characters that look like 霍

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

• 震zhènto shake; to vibrate; to jolt
• 霉méimold; mildew; to become moldy
• 霜shuāngfrost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting
• 霞xiárose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
• 襄xiāng(literary) to assist
• 麋mímoose; river bank

Sounds the same

Read huò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 或maybe; perhaps; might
• 获(literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win
• 货goods; money; commodity
• 惑to confuse; to be puzzled
• 祸disaster; misfortune; calamity
• 嚯(onomatopoeia) expressing admiration or surprise; (onomatopoeia) sound of a laugh
• 豁open; clear; liberal-minded; generous; to exempt; to remit
• 和to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes
• 镬wok (dialect); cauldron (old)
• 藿Lophanthus rugosus; beans
• 嚄(interj.) oh!
• 蠖looper caterpillar