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胡来 (hú lái): Act recklessly (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

胡 • hú • beard, mustache; foreign, reckless
hú胡

beard, mustache; foreign, reckless

来 • lái • to come • HSK 2.0 L1
HSK 1
lái来

to come

Word Info

Pinyinhú lái
Meaningact recklessly
Characters2
HSK—
Syntaxverb

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 胡来.

Words with 胡
  • 胡同hú tòngalleyway; lane
  • 胡说hú shuōnonsense; rubbish; drivel
  • 胡乱hú luàncarelessly; casually; at random
  • 胡子hú zibeard
  • 胡须hú xūbeard; moustache; whiskers
  • 胡闹hú nàoAct crazy
  • 胡思乱想hú sī luàn xiǎngAbsent-minded / Muddled thinking
  • 胡扯hú chětalk nonsense
Words with 来
  • 上来shàng laito come up
  • 下来xià laito come down
  • 出来chū laito come out
  • 回来huí laito return; to come back
过来
guò lai
to come over
  • 进来jìn laito come in
  • 后来hòu láiafterward
  • 看来kàn laiapparently
    • 4.

    Example Sentences with 胡来

    zuò做
    shì事
    bù不
    néng能
    hú胡
    lái来
    ，
    yào要
    àn按
    guī规
    ju矩
    lái来
    。
    You can't act recklessly when doing things; you must follow the rules.
    tā他
    bù不
    dǒng懂
    jì技
    shù术
    què却
    luàn乱
    gǎi改
    chéng程
    xù
    序
    ，
    jiǎn简
    zhí直
    shì是
    hú胡
    lái来
    。
    He doesn't understand technology but messes with the program; it's simply reckless.