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Definitions

  1. 1. non-Han people, esp. from central Asia
  2. 2. reckless
  3. 3. outrageous
  4. 4. what?
  5. 5. why?
  6. 6. to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hú])
  7. 7. see 衚衕|胡同[hú tòng]
  8. 8. beard
  9. 9. mustache
  10. 10. whiskers

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 734938)

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Words Containing 胡

胡桃
hú táo

walnut

胡碴
hú chā

beard stubble

胡芫
hú yuán

coriander

胡同
hú tòng

lane

胡萝卜素
hú luó bo sù

carotene

胡来
hú lái

to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules

胡瓜鱼
hú guā yú

smelt (family Osmeridae)

胡想
hú xiǎng

see 胡思亂想|胡思乱想[hú sī luàn xiǎng]

八字胡须
bā zì hú xū
胡鄂公
hú è gōng

Hu Egong (1884-1951), Chinese revolutionary and politician

胡乐
hú yuè

Hu music

胡慧中
hú huì zhōng

Sibelle Hu (1958-), Taiwanese actress

伊于胡底
yī yú hú dǐ

where will it stop?

胡耀邦
hú yào bāng

Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician

胡燕妮
hú yān nī

Jenny Hu (1945-), Hong Kong actress

胡茬
hú chá

beard stubble

胡瓜
hú guā

cucumber

胡闹
hú nào

to act willfully and make a scene

让胡路区
ràng hú lù qū

Ranghulu district of Daqing city 大慶|大庆[dà qìng], Heilongjiang

胡涂虫
hú tu chóng

blunderer

胡天
hú tiān

Zoroastrianism

丙子胡乱
bǐng zǐ hú luàn

second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)

胡疵
hú cī

stubble

山羊胡子
shān yáng hú zi

goatee

胡豆
hú dòu

broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean

胡温新政
hú wēn xīn zhèng

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]

胡佛
hú fó

Hoover (name)

胡椒属
hú jiāo shǔ

pepper genus (Piper spp.)

白胡椒
bái hú jiāo

white peppercorn

让胡路
ràng hú lù

Ranghulu district of Daqing city 大慶|大庆[dà qìng], Heilongjiang

胡麻
hú má

sesame

胡诌乱说
hú zhōu luàn shuō

(idiom) to talk random nonsense; to say whatever comes into one's head

胡越
hú yuè

the peoples north, west and south of China

刮胡子
guā hú zi

to shave

胡扯八溜
hú chě bā liū

to talk nonsense

北柴胡
běi chái hú

honewort

头发胡子一把抓
tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā

lit. hair and beard all in one stroke

胡人
hú rén

ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times

胡叼盘
hú diāo pán

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\

丁卯胡乱
dīng mǎo hú luàn

first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)

胡椒子
hú jiāo zǐ

peppercorn

胡说
hú shuō

to talk nonsense

野胡萝卜
yě hú luó bo

carrot (Daucus carota)

胡芦巴
hú lú bā

fenugreek

胡姬花
hú jī huā

Vanda miss joaquim (hybrid orchid), national flower of Singapore

坠胡
zhuì hú

two-stringed bowed instrument

胡椒
hú jiāo

pepper

京二胡
jīng èr hú

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

胡麻籽
hú má zǐ

sesame seed

柴胡
chái hú

Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)

四胡
sì hú

sihu (or \khuurchir\ in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture

胡桃夹子
hú táo jiā zi

The Nutcracker (ballet)

胡话
hú huà

nonsense

胡紫微
hú zǐ wēi

Hu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter

五胡
wǔ hú

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]

胡萝卜
hú luó bo

carrot

胡弄
hú nong

to fool

胡编乱造
hú biān luàn zào

to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom)

胡椒薄荷
hú jiāo bò he

peppermint

胡扯
hú chě

to chatter

满口胡言
mǎn kǒu hú yán

to spout nonsense

胡搅
hú jiǎo

to disturb

胡志明市
hú zhì míng shì

Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam

胡铨
hú quán

Hu Quan (1102-1180), Song Dynasty official and poet

一派胡言
yī pài hú yán

a bunch of nonsense

红胡子
hóng hú zi

band of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic)

胡安
hú ān

Juan (Spanish given name)

胡克
hú kè

Hook or Hooke (name)

胡编
hú biān

to make things up

奥胡斯
ào hú sī

Aarhus, city in Denmark

胡琴
hú qin

huqin

胡搞
hú gǎo

to mess around

八字胡
bā zì hú
胡吹乱捧
hú chuī luàn pěng

indiscriminate admiration (idiom)

辣胡椒
là hú jiāo

hot pepper

胡锦涛
hú jǐn tāo

Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013

胡诌乱傍
hú zhōu luàn bàng

to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head

胡狼
hú láng

jackal

胡紫薇
hú zǐ wēi

Hu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter

胡诌八扯
hú zhōu bā chě

to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head

胡言乱语
hú yán luàn yǔ

babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings

胡髭
hú zī

beard and mustache

随口胡诌
suí kǒu hú zhōu

to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head

胡扯淡
hú chě dàn

nonsense

胡吃海塞
hú chī hǎi sāi

to stuff oneself with food

络腮胡子
luò sāi hú zi

full beard

胡适
hú shì

Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bái huà wén]

胡吃海喝
hú chī hǎi hē

to eat and drink gluttonously

黑胡椒
hēi hú jiāo

black pepper

腮胡
sāi hú

sideburns

胡抡
hú lūn

to act rashly

胡吣
hú qìn

to talk provokingly or nonsensically

胡诌乱扯
hú zhōu luàn chě

to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head

胡志明
hú zhì míng

Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader

胡天胡帝
hú tiān hú dì

with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom)

胡笙
hú shēng

pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West

胡夫
hú fū

Khufu (pharaoh, reigned possibly 2590-2568 BC)

牙买加胡椒
yá mǎi jiā hú jiāo

Jamaican pepper; allspice (Pimenta dioica)

山胡桃木
shān hú táo mù

hickory

胡诌
hú zhōu

to invent crazy nonsense

五胡十六国
wǔ hú shí liù guó

Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)

胡子
hú zi

beard

胡椒粉
hú jiāo fěn

ground pepper (i.e. powder)

胡椒喷雾
hú jiāo pēn wù

pepper spray

吹胡子瞪眼
chuī hú zi dèng yǎn

to get angry

胡图族
hú tú zú

Hutu, an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi

二胡
èr hú

erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle)

东胡
dōng hú

Eastern barbarian

内塔尼亚胡
nèi tǎ ní yà hú

Netanyahu (name)

刮胡刀
guā hú dāo

razor

胡思乱想
hú sī luàn xiǎng

to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)

胡兀鹫
hú wù jiù

(bird species of China) bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)

胡佳
hú jiā

Hu Jia (1973-), PRC dissident human rights activist

圣胡安
shèng hú ān

San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico

死胡同
sǐ hú tòng

dead end

胡乱
hú luàn

careless

胡作非为
hú zuò fēi wéi

to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages

信口胡说
xìn kǒu hú shuō

to speak without thinking; to blurt sth out

胡雁
hú yàn

Tatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times

眉毛胡子一把抓
méi mao hú zi yī bǎ zhuā

careless

胡说八道
hú shuō bā dào

to talk rubbish

胡诌乱道
hú zhōu luàn dào

to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head

胡搅蛮缠
hú jiǎo mán chán

to pester endlessly (idiom)

胡须
hú xū

beard

京胡
jīng hú

jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera

烤胡椒香肠
kǎo hú jiāo xiāng cháng

roast pepper sausage

胡志强
hú zhì qiáng

Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister

胡塞尔
hú sài ěr

Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), German philosopher

满口胡柴
mǎn kǒu hú chái

to spout nonsense

胡渣
hú zhā

see 鬍碴|胡碴[hú chā]

胡椒粒
hú jiāo lì

peppercorn

胡荽
hú suī

coriander

胡缠
hú chán

to pester

板胡
bǎn hú

a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard

胡吹
hú chuī

to boast wildly

花里胡哨
huā li hú shào

gaudy

胡锡进
hú xī jìn

Hu Xijin (1960-), editor-in-chief of the \Global Times\ 環球時報|环球时报[huán qiú shí bào] 2005-2021

胡蜂
hú fēng

wasp

胡花
hú huā

to spend recklessly

羯胡
jié hú

Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century