呼 (fu1 | hu1) : breathe sigh; exhale; call; shout

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呼

fu1

hu1

breathe sigh; exhale; call; shout 叫器

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

呼

This word has been viewed 10724 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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招呼 ziu1 fu1 zhao1 hu5 = to greet; to beckon; to call

呼氣 fu1 hei3 hu1 qi4 = to exhale

深呼吸 sam1 fu1 kap1 shen1 hu1 xi1 = to take deep breath

呼吸 fu1 kap1 hu1 xi1 = to breathe; respiration

呼佬 fu1 lou2 = full; full house (poker) 粵

歡呼 fun1 fu1 huan1 hu1 = to cheer

稱呼 cing1 fu1 cheng1 hu5 = to call; to greet; to address as

打招呼 daa2 ziu1 fu1 da3 zhao1 hu5 = to greet sb.; to give prior notice; to inform

呼籲 fu1 jyu6 hu1 yu4 = [1] call on (someone to do something); [2] to appeal (to)

呼聲 fu1 sing1 hu1 sheng1 = voiced opinion or desire usually associated with a group
See all 47 compounds (CantoDict reports 51 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 呼
Unicode code for this character: U+547c (off-site link)

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