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乎
hū
1. (classical particle similar to [[於|于<yú>]]) in
2. at
3. from
4. because
5. than
6. (classical final particle similar to [[嗎|吗<ma>]], [[吧<ba>]], [[呢<ne>]], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

乎
hū
interrogative or exclamatory final particle
HSK 3 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

介乎
jièhū
to lie between
似乎
sìhū
apparently
HSK 5
出乎
chūhū
due to
合乎
héhū
to accord with
在乎
zàihu
to care about
HSK 5
几乎
jīhū
almost
HSK 3
忙乎
mánghū
to be busy (colloquial)
断乎
duànhū
certainly
晕乎
yūnhu
dizzy
温乎
wēnhu
warm
热乎
rèhu
warm
玄乎
xuánhū
unreliable
界乎
jièhū
variant of [[介乎<jièhū>]]
确乎
quèhū
for sure
视乎
shìhū
to be determined by
近乎
jìnhu
close to
邪乎
xiéhu
extraordinary
关乎
guānhū
to relate to
不在乎
bùzàihu
not to care
不外乎
bùwàihū
nothing else but

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
457
Word Frequency Rank
1,291 of 84,292

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