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Animated Stroke Order 胡

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How to write 胡 — animated stroke order

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胡 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

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胡

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4.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 胡

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5.

How to Use 胡

Beard or Mustache

These words refer to facial hair.

胡须 • hú xū • beard; moustache; whiskers • HSK 6

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6.

HSK Vocabulary: 胡

胡同 • hú tòng • alleyway; lane

HSK 5

hú胡

tòng

7.

Example Sentences

bú不

yào要

tīng听

tā他

hú胡

shuō说

bā

Information

Pinyinhú

Meaningbeard, mustache; foreign, reckless

Strokes9

Radical月

Traditional鬍

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#1426

Zhuyinㄏㄨˊ

UnicodeU+80E1

CangjieJRB

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The ancient (古) flesh (月) — referring to barbarians or something aged, like a beard.

hú胡

xū须

beard; moustache; whiskers

胡子 • hú zi • beard • HSK 3.0 · L6

HSK 3.0 · L6

hú胡

zi子

beard

Careless or Reckless Behavior

These words describe actions done without care or reason.

胡说 • hú shuō • nonsense; rubbish; drivel • HSK 5

HSK 5

hú胡

shuō说

nonsense; rubbish; drivel

胡乱 • hú luàn • carelessly; casually; at random • HSK 6

HSK 6

hú胡

luàn乱

carelessly; casually; at random

胡闹 • hú nào • Act crazy • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

hú胡

nào闹

Act crazy

同

alleyway; lane

胡思乱想 • hú sī luàn xiǎng • Absent-minded / Muddled thinking

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

hú胡

sī思

luàn乱

xiǎng想

Absent-minded / Muddled thinking

八

dào道

。

Don't listen to his nonsense

tā他

liú留

le了

hěn很

cháng长

de的

hú胡

zi子

。

He grew a long beard

Tā他

hú胡

biān编

le了

yī一

gè个

lǐ理

yóu由

lái来

qǐng请

jià假

。

He made up an excuse to ask for leave.

wǒ我

xǐ喜

huan欢

chī吃

hú胡

luó萝

bo卜

shā沙

lā拉

。

I like to eat carrot salad

Hēi黑

hú胡

jiāo椒

bǐ比

bái白

hú胡

jiāo椒

wèi味

dào道

gèng更

nóng浓

。

Black pepper has a stronger flavor than white pepper.

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Characters pronounced "hu".

瑚húcoral; person of virtue
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沪hùShanghai; river near Shanghai
扈hùretinue; attendant; surname Hu
囫huwhole; entire
惚hūabsent-minded, confused

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Characters with radical "月".

朔shuòfirst day of lunar month; the north
臃yōngswell up; swelling; fat
胯kuàpelvis; groin; thighs
腑fǔbowels, entrails, internal organs
臆yìchest, breast, bosom; thought
膘biāofat; rump

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