胡 (wu4 | hu2) : recklessly; foreign; why; (surname)

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胡

wu4

hu2

[1] [adv] recklessly; foolishly; wildly
[2] [n] non-Han ethnic tribes in the north and west of China in ancient times
[3] [adj] introduced from non-Han ethnic groups or from abroad; foreign
[4] [pron] [literary] why
[5] [n] a surname

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 肉 (#130)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

胡

This word has been viewed 9760 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Mar 2014 03:15

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胡椒 wu4 ziu1 hu2 jiao1 = pepper; [粵]: narcotics

胡椒粉 wu4 ziu1 fan2 hu2 jiao1 fen3 = pepper

胡說 wu4 syut3 hu2 shuo1 = talk nonsense 國

胡說八道 wu4 syut3 baat3 dou6 hu2 shuo1 ba1 dao4 = talk nonsense 國

胡桃 wu4 tou4 hu2 tao2 = walnut 國

胡同 wu4 tung4 hu2 tong4 = alley 國

二胡 ji6 wu4*2 er4 hu2 = erhu

胡胡混混 wu4 wu4 wan6 wan6 = hell around

胡混 wu4 wan6 = to do nominal work

板胡 baan2 wu4 ban3 hu2 = a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard
See all 41 compounds (CantoDict reports 42 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 胡
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