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胡
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Definitions
- 1. non-Han people, esp. from central Asia
- 2. reckless
- 3. outrageous
- 4. what?
- 5. why?
- 6. to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hú])
- 7. see 衚衕|胡同[hú tòng]
- 8. beard
- 9. mustache
- 10. whiskers
Example Sentences
1 shown胡 說。
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Words Containing 胡
walnut
beard stubble
coriander
lane
carotene
to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules
smelt (family Osmeridae)
see 胡思亂想|胡思乱想[hú sī luàn xiǎng]
Hu Egong (1884-1951), Chinese revolutionary and politician
Hu music
Sibelle Hu (1958-), Taiwanese actress
where will it stop?
Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician
Jenny Hu (1945-), Hong Kong actress
beard stubble
cucumber
to act willfully and make a scene
Ranghulu district of Daqing city 大慶|大庆[dà qìng], Heilongjiang
blunderer
Zoroastrianism
second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
stubble
goatee
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
Hu-Wen New Administration (formed in 2003), ostensibly reform-oriented leadership of Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛[hú jǐn tāo] and Wen Jiabao 溫家寶|温家宝[wēn jiā bǎo]
Hoover (name)
pepper genus (Piper spp.)
white peppercorn
Ranghulu district of Daqing city 大慶|大庆[dà qìng], Heilongjiang
sesame
(idiom) to talk random nonsense; to say whatever comes into one's head
the peoples north, west and south of China
to shave
to talk nonsense
honewort
lit. hair and beard all in one stroke
ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times
derogatory nickname given to Hu Xijin 胡錫進|胡锡进[hú xī jìn] for doing the CCP's bidding as editor of the \Global Times\
first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
peppercorn
to talk nonsense
carrot (Daucus carota)
fenugreek
Vanda miss joaquim (hybrid orchid), national flower of Singapore
two-stringed bowed instrument
pepper
jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera
sesame seed
Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)
sihu (or \khuurchir\ in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture
The Nutcracker (ballet)
nonsense
Hu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter
Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴[xiōng nú], Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[xiān bēi], Jie 羯[jié], Di 氐[dī], Qiang 羌[qiāng], esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国[wǔ hú shí liù guó]
carrot
to fool
to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom)
peppermint
to chatter
to spout nonsense
to disturb
Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam
Hu Quan (1102-1180), Song Dynasty official and poet
a bunch of nonsense
band of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic)
Juan (Spanish given name)
Hook or Hooke (name)
to make things up
Aarhus, city in Denmark
huqin
to mess around
indiscriminate admiration (idiom)
hot pepper
Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
jackal
Hu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings
beard and mustache
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
nonsense
to stuff oneself with food
full beard
Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bái huà wén]
to eat and drink gluttonously
black pepper
sideburns
to act rashly
to talk provokingly or nonsensically
to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader
with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom)
pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West
Khufu (pharaoh, reigned possibly 2590-2568 BC)
Jamaican pepper; allspice (Pimenta dioica)
hickory
to invent crazy nonsense
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
beard
ground pepper (i.e. powder)
pepper spray
to get angry
Hutu, an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi
erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle)
Eastern barbarian
Netanyahu (name)
razor
to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
(bird species of China) bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
Hu Jia (1973-), PRC dissident human rights activist
San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico
dead end
careless
to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
to speak without thinking; to blurt sth out
Tatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times
careless
to talk rubbish
to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
to pester endlessly (idiom)
beard
jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera
roast pepper sausage
Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister
Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), German philosopher
to spout nonsense
see 鬍碴|胡碴[hú chā]
peppercorn
coriander
to pester
a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard
to boast wildly
gaudy
Hu Xijin (1960-), editor-in-chief of the \Global Times\ 環球時報|环球时报[huán qiú shí bào] 2005-2021
wasp
to spend recklessly
Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century