hú

衚

Character · Noun · Adjective/adverbTraditional胡

ancient northern tribes; recklessly; surname

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Meanings

3 senses · 7 examples
1.

noun

ancient non-Han peoples of the north and west; barbarians

archaic

Historic term, often carries a sense of 'foreign' or 'barbarian' from a historical Han Chinese perspective.

Hú胡
rén人
shàn善
qí骑
shè射
 。

The Hu people were skilled in horsemanship and archery.

Wǔ五
Hú胡
luàn乱
Huá华
 。

The Five Hu peoples threw China into chaos.

2.

adjective/adverb

recklessly; wildly; without reason; wantonly

Used to modify verbs, often in a negative or disapproving sense.

Nǐ你
bié别
hú胡
lái来
 ，
nà那
yàng样
zuò做
hěn很
wēi危
xiǎn险
 。

Don't act recklessly; doing that is very dangerous.

Tā他
hú胡
shuō说
bā八
dào道
 ，
bié别
xìn信
tā他
 。

He's talking nonsense; don't believe him.

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Hái孩
zi子
men们
zài在
hú胡
nào闹
 。

The children are fooling around wildly.

3.

noun

surname Hu

A common Chinese surname.

Nà那
wèi位
jiào教
shòu授
xìng姓
Hú胡
 。

That professor's surname is Hu.

Hú胡
xiān先
sheng生
shì是
wǒ我
men们
de的
lín邻
jū居
 。

Mr. Hu is our neighbor.