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呼

hū

breathe sigh, exhale; call, shout

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Example sentences

  • 小孩大声呼叫。

    Xiǎo hái dà shēng hū jiào

    The child cried loudly.

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  • 大家都欢呼了。

    Dà jiā dōu huān hū le

    Everyone cheered.

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  • 有人在呼救。

    Yǒu rén zài hū jiù

    Someone is calling for help.

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  • 她招呼我进来。

    Tā zhāo hu wǒ jìn lái

    She beckoned me to come in.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 呼

  • 呼吸hū xī 1–1 to breathe
  • 招呼zhāo hu 1–5to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not
  • 称呼chēng hu 1–5to call; to address as; form of address; appellation
  • 打招呼dǎ zhāo hu 3–1–5to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice
  • 呼吁hū yù 1–4 to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to); an appeal
  • 呼啸hū xiào 1–4 to whistle; to scream; to whiz
  • 欢呼huān hū 1–1 to cheer for; to acclaim
  • 呼唤hū huàn 1–4 to call out (a name etc); to shout
  • 呼声hū shēng 1–1 a shout; fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
  • 呼救hū jiù 1–4 to call for help
  • 呼应hū yìng 1–4 to conform (with); to echo; to correlate well; (linguistics) agreement
  • 呼风唤雨hū fēng huàn yǔ 1–1–4–3to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers; fig. to stir up troubles