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Chinese symbol for “snore”

打呼噜
dǎ hū lu
Traditional: 打呼嚕
to snore

The closest CC-CEDICT match for snore is 打呼噜 (dǎ hū lu), defined as: to snore.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

打 dǎ
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes
呼 hū
to breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
噜 lu
verbose, talkative; mumbling
radical 30 ⼝ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “snore”

WordPinyinMeaning
打鼾dǎ hānto snore
呼噜噜 (呼嚕嚕)hū lū lū(onom.) to snore; wheezing
打呼dǎ hūto snore
鼾hānsnore; to snore
齁hōuto snore; thirsty from excessively salty or sweet food

Related words

Other words that share a character with 打呼噜.

WordPinyinMeaning
打开 (打開)dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket)
打击 (打擊)dǎ jīto hit; to strike
打算dǎ suànto plan; to intend
打电话 (打電話)dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
打败 (打敗)dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower
呼吁 (呼籲)hū yùto call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to)
呼吸hū xīto breathe
咕噜 (咕嚕)gū lu(onom.) to rumble (of a stomach); to coo (of a dove)

See also: Japanese symbol for “snore”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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