胡 hú

recklessly, foolishly; wildly

HSK 5 #806

DEFINITIONS

胡 hú
  • surname Hu
  • non-Han people, esp. from central Asia
  • reckless
  • outrageous
  • what?
  • why?
  • to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])
  • see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
  • beard
  • mustache
  • whiskers

STROKES

胡 stroke order diagram
胡 stroke order animation

WORDS

胡说 hú shuō
HSK 5
to talk nonsense; drivel
胡同 hú tòng
HSK 5
lane; alley; CL:條|条[tiao2]; variant of 胡同[hu2 tong4]
胡乱 hú luàn
HSK 6
careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how
胡须 hú xū
HSK 6
beard; CL:根[gen1],綹|绺[liu3]
胡子 hú zi beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1]; (coll.) bandit
胡扯 hú chě to chatter; nonsense; blather
胡说八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish
胡萝卜 hú luó bo carrot
胡闹 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble
胡言乱语 hú yán luàn yǔ babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch
死胡同 sǐ hú tòng dead end; blind alley
胡话 hú huà nonsense; ridiculous talk; hogwash
胡椒 hú jiāo pepper
胡来 hú lái to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules; to mess with sth; to make a hash of things; to cause trouble
胡桃 hú táo walnut
胡椒粉 hú jiāo fěn ground pepper (i.e. powder)
胡编 hú biān to make things up; to concoct (a story, an excuse etc)
圣胡安 shèng hú ān San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico
胡图族 hú tú zú Hutu, an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi
胡佛 hú fó Hoover (name); Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) US mining engineer and Republican politician, president (1929-1933)
胡作非为 hú zuò fēi wéi to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
胡诌 hú zhōu to invent crazy nonsense; to cook up (excuses); to talk at random; wild babble
胡搅蛮缠 hú jiǎo mán chán to pester endlessly (idiom); an annoying troublemaker
胡乐 hú yuè Hu music; central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati)
胡克 hú kè Hook or Hooke (name); Robert Hooke (1635-1703), brilliant English experimental scientist and inventor
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