Keyword
non-Han people
- recklessly
- foolishly
- wildly
- Frequency
- #1225
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
hú100%
Mnemonic
⺼ (meat) gives the meaning and 古 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
胡
non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和 (hú)); beard; mustache; whiskers
胡锦涛
Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013
胡说八道
to talk rubbish
胡子
beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; (coll.) bandit
胡同
lane; alley
胡说
to talk nonsense; drivel
胡闹
to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble
胡萝卜
carrot
胡适
Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白话文 (báihuàwén)
胡耀邦
Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician
胡佳
Hu Jia (1973-), PRC dissident human rights activist
胡乱
careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how
胡扯
to chatter; nonsense; blather
胡椒
pepper
胡思乱想
(idiom) to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild
胡言乱语
babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch
胡桃
walnut
胡须
beard
胡志明市
Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam
胡锡进
Hu Xijin (1960-), editor-in-chief of the "Global Times" 环球时报 (HuánqiúShíbào) 2005-2021
二胡
erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle); alto fiddle
胡作非为
to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
胡安
Juan (Spanish given name)
胡志明
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader