胡 — Chinese character
胡
hú
recklessly, foolishly; wildly
- Pinyin
- hú
- Radical
- 130 ⾁ (Meat)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 古
- Formation
- pictophonetic — meat; meaning component ⺼; sound component 古
- Traditional
- 衚 鬍
- Japanese
- 胡 as a kanji
Common words with 胡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胡说八道 (胡說八道) | hú shuō bā dào | to talk rubbish |
| 胡子 (鬍子) | hú zi | beard; mustache or whiskers |
| 胡同 | hú tòng | lane; alley; 条 (tiáo) |
| 胡同 (衚衕) | hú tòng | variant of 胡同 (hú tòng) |
| 胡说 (胡說) | hú shuō | to talk nonsense; drivel |
| 胡闹 (胡鬧) | hú nào | to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble |
| 胡萝卜 (胡蘿蔔) | hú luó bo | carrot |
| 胡乱 (胡亂) | hú luàn | careless; reckless |
| 胡扯 | hú chě | to chatter; nonsense |
| 胡椒 | hú jiāo | pepper |
| 胡思乱想 (胡思亂想) | hú sī luàn xiǎng | (idiom) to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild |
| 胡言乱语 (胡言亂語) | hú yán luàn yǔ | babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch |
English words written with 胡
胡 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 22 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Mencius 1A.7
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi Perfect Happiness
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
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