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呼
hū
1. to call
2. to cry
3. to shout
4. to breath out
5. to exhale
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

呼
hū
to breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

传呼
chuánhū
to notify sb of a call
吆呼
yāohū
to shout (orders)
呼中
Hūzhōng
Huzhong district of Daxing'anling prefecture [[大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区]], Heilongjiang
呼出
hūchū
to exhale
呼叫
hūjiào
to shout
呼召
hūzhào
to call (to do something)
呼吸
hūxī
to breathe
HSK 5
呼呼
hūhū
(onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb who is sound asleep
呼咻
hūxiū
(onom.) whoosh
呼哧
hūchī
(onom.) sound of panting
呼喊
hūhǎn
to shout (slogans etc)
呼唤
hūhuàn
to call out (a name etc)
HSK 6
呼喝
hūhè
to shout
呼啸
hūxiào
to whistle
HSK 6
呼嚎
hūháo
to roar (of animals)
呼噜
hūlū
(onom.) wheezing
呼噜
hūlu
(onom.) snoring
呼应
hūyìng
echoed
呼救
hūjiù
to call for help
呼机
hūjī
pager

Alternate Entries

呼
hū
variant of [[呼<hū>]] / to shout / to call out

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
842
Word Frequency Rank
1,430 of 84,292