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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “snore”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打鼾 | dǎ hān | to snore |
| 呼噜噜 (呼嚕嚕) | hū lū lū | (onom.) to snore; wheezing |
| 打呼 | dǎ hū | to snore |
| 鼾 | hān | snore; to snore |
| 齁 | hōu | to snore; thirsty from excessively salty or sweet food |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 打呼噜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打开 (打開) | dǎ kāi | to open; to show (a ticket) |
| 打击 (打擊) | dǎ jī | to hit; to strike |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan; to intend |
| 打电话 (打電話) | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break; to smash |
| 打败 (打敗) | dǎ bài | to defeat; to overpower |
| 呼吁 (呼籲) | hū yù | to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to) |
| 呼吸 | hū xī | to 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.