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胡 - hú

recklessly, foolishly; wildly

recklessly, foolishly; wildly

How to read 胡

Click 胡 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyin
Englishrecklessly, foolishly; wildly
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

胡乱 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 胡人. Please read 胡佛 one more time.

Common words with this character

careless; reckless; casually
ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times; foreigner; barbarian
Hoover; Herbert Hoover US mining engineer and Republican politician, president
Hu Jia , PRC dissident human rights activist

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 胡 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 胡乱 and 胡人 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 胡.