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 9782 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

胡亂 wu4 lyun6 hu2 luan4 = careless

山胡桃木 saan1 wu4 tou4 muk6 shan1 hu2 tao2 mu4 = hickory

死胡同 sei2 wu4 tung4 si3 hu2 tong4 = blind alley; dead end

坳胡婆 aau3*1 wu4*1 po4*1 = the evil female character in a fable

坳胡 aa1 wu1 = the evil character in a fable 粵

山胡椒 saan1 wu4 ziu1 shan1 hu2 jiao1 = plant lindera glauca (grayblue spicebush)

胡亂拉人 wu4 lyun6 laai1 jan4 hu2 luan4 la1 ren2 = to arrest someone without a good reason 粵

胡桃鉗子 wu4 tou4 kim4 zi2 = nutcracker

拉二胡 laai1 ji6 wu4*2 la1 er4 hu2 = to play the erhu (common formation)

胡作非為 wu4 zok3 fei1 wai4 hu2 zuo4 fei1 wei2 = to commit all manner of wickedness; to carry out evil deeds

胡鬧 wu4 naau6 hu2 nao4 = go wild;be up to no good; be mischievous; cause trouble or a disturbance for no obvious reason

胡狼 wu4 long4 hu2 lang2 = jackal

胡扯 wu4 ce2 hu2 che3 = talk nonsense; talk a bunch of malarkey 國

胡言亂語 wu4 jin4 lyun6 jyu5 hu2 yan2 luan4 yu3 = talk nonsense; rave at

胡囧囧 wu4 gwing2 gwing2 hu2 jiong3 jiong3 = a nickname of TVB actress Myolie Wu

胡辛 wu4 san1 = Hu Xin (exotic pavilion in Taichung Park, TW)

胡志明 wu4 zi3 ming4 hu2 zhi4 ming2 = Ho Chi Minh (Vietnamese leader, city)

胡志明市 wu4 zi3 ming4 si5 hu2 zhi4 ming2 shi4 = Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)

富強胡同 fu3 koeng4 wu4 tung4 = Fuqiang Lane

胡仙 wu4 sin1 = Sally Aw Sian (HK newspaper tycoon)

胡金銓 wu4 gam1 cyun4 hu2 jin1 quan2 = King Hu (Hu Jinquan)

胡佛 wu4 fat6 = Hoover (transliterated)

胡椒噴霧 wu4 ziu1 pan3 mou6 hu2 jiao1 pen1 wu4 = pepper spray (defensive weapon, classified as a firearm in HK)

胡錦濤 wu4 gam2 tou4 hu2 jin3 tao1 = Hu Jintao (PRC president)

胡杏兒 wu4 hang6 ji4 hu2 xing4 er2 = Myolie Wu

胡定欣 wu4 ding6 jan1 hu2 ding4 xin1 = Nancy Wu

伊於胡底 yi1 yu1 wu4 dai2 yi1 yu2 hu2 di3 = how far will this go; where will this all end; when will this come to an end

一派胡言 jat1 paai3 wu4 jin4 yi1 pai4 hu2 yan2 = a pack of lies

胡兵 wu4 bing1 hu2 bing1 = Hu Bing

胡歌 wu4 go1 hu2 ge1 = Hu Ge

胡軍 wu4 gwan1 hu2 jun1 = Hu Jun

胡慧中 wu4 wai6 zung1 hu2 hui4 zhong1 = Sibelle Hu

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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