胡 hú

1. hú proper noun Hu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (GHC '胡' 12)
2. hú pronoun what?, why?, how?
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: May be used as an interrogative pronoun in preclassical Chinese, in the sense of 何 of 何故 (GHC '胡' 7； Kroll 2015 '胡' 5; NCCED 3 '胡'; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 95).
3. hú noun non-Han people
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Particularly from central Asia (GHC '胡' 10; Kroll 2015 '胡' 4, p. 165; NCCED 1 '胡' 1; Sun 2006, loc. 1475)
4. hú adverb recklessly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHC '胡' 8; NCCED 2 '胡' 1)
5. hú noun foreign
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Describing things introduced by foreigners to China (NCCED 1 '胡' 2; Sun 2006, loc. 1475)
6. hú noun huqin
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The 胡琴 musical instrument (NCCED 1 '胡' 3)
7. hú adjective big; great
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 大 (GHC '胡' 5; Kroll 2015 '胡' 3; NCCED 1 '胡' 4)
8. hú bound form hutong
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED 5 '胡')
9. hú noun dewlap
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A flap of skin under the chin on some animals' necks (GHC '胡' 1; Kroll 2015 '胡' 1, p. 165)
10. hú noun smaller curved blade on underside of a glaive
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Part of an ancient weapon (GHC '胡' 3; Kroll 2015 '胡' 2, p. 165)
11. hú noun neck
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 领 (GHC '胡' 2)
12. hú noun longevity
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 长寿 (GHC '胡' 4)
13. hú noun Hu
    Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Place Name 地名
    Notes: The name of a historic state in the Spring and Autumn period (GHC '胡' 9)
14. hú noun beard; mustache
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED 4 '胡')

Contained in

• 胡芦巴(胡蘆巴) fenugreek
• 二胡 Erhu
• 胡作非为(胡作非為) to run amok
• 八字胡须(八字鬍鬚) mustache shaped like character 八
• 胡马依北风(胡馬依北風) the Tartar horse prefers the North wind
• 胡扯 to chatter; to talk nonsense
• 胡说(胡說) to talk nonsense ; to make a scene
• 信口胡说(信口胡說) to speak without thinking; to blurt out
• 胡椒 pepper
• 刮胡刀(刮鬍刀) a razor
• 胡椒粒 peppercorn; seeds of pepper
• 牙买加胡椒(牙買加胡椒) Jamaican pepper; all-spice (Pimenta dioica)
• 板胡 a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard
• 眉毛胡子一把抓(眉毛鬍子一把抓) careless; any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
• 逆胡 offensive barbarians
• 胡云 to talk nonsense
• 头发胡子一把抓(頭髮鬍子一把抓) hair and beard all in one stroke; to handle different things by the same method; one method to solve all problems
• 胡编(胡編) to make things up; to concoct (a story, an excuse etc)
• 胡桃 walnut
• 胡萝卜素(胡蘿蔔素) carotene
• 烤胡椒香肠(烤胡椒香腸) roast pepper sausage; pepperoni
• 胡桃钳(胡桃鉗) a nutcracker ; The Nutcracker
• 胡闹(胡鬧) to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble
• 胡天胡帝 with all the majesty of an emperor; reckless; intemperate
• 五胡十六国(五胡十六國) Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people
• 满口胡言(滿口胡言) to spout nonsense; to bullshit endlessly
• 胡疵(鬍疵) stubble; facial hair
• 京二胡 jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu and erhu, used to accompany Chinese opera
• 胡芫 coriander
• 胡骑(胡騎) foreign cavalry
• 胡语(胡語) to talk nonsense ; foreign languages
• 击胡(擊胡) strike at the barbarians
• 胡编乱造(胡編亂造) to concoct a cock-and-bull story; to make things up
• 一派胡言 a bunch of nonsense
• 白胡椒 white peppercorn
• 胡吹 to boast wildly
• 四胡 sihu
• 伊于胡底(伊於胡底) where will it stop?
• 胡诌(胡謅) to fabricate; to tell a tale
• 胡椒粉 ground pepper (i.e. powder)

Also contained in

胡鄂公 、 胡朝 、 胡适全集 、 云门胡饼 、 丁卯胡乱 、 赵胡 、 胡愈之 、 蔡仲胡 、 胡亥 、 胡志明 、 让胡路

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• 卷八十四 列傳第四十四 鄧琬 袁顗 孔覬 Volume 84 Biographies 44: Deng Wan, Yuan Yi, Kong Ji Book of Song 宋書 — count: 69
• 卷一百十一　列傳第四十九:　古里甲石倫 內族:完顏訛可 撒合輦 強伸 烏林答胡土 內族:完顏思烈 紇石烈牙吾塔 Volume 111 Biographies 49: Gulijiashilun, Nei same clan: Wanyaneke, Sa Henian, Qiang Shen, Wulindahutu, same clan: Wanyansilie, Geshilieyawuta History of Jin 金史 — count: 35
• 卷九十四上 匈奴傳 Volume 94a: Traditions of the Xiongnu 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 34
• 第三回 Chapter 3 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 30
• 卷113 官氏志九 Volume 113 Treatise 9: Official Ranks Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 30
• 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 28
• 第五十二回 Chapter 52 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 25
• 卷九十一 志第四十四 河渠一 Volume 91 Treatises 44: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 24
• 卷八十二　列傳第二十:　郭藥師子:安國 耶律塗山 烏延胡里改 烏延吾里補 蕭恭 完顏習不主 紇石烈胡剌 耶律恕 郭企忠 烏孫訛論 顏盞門都 僕散渾坦 鄭建充 烏古論三合 移剌溫 蕭仲恭子:拱 蕭仲宣 高松 海陵諸子光英 元壽 矧思阿補 廣陽 Volume 82 Biographies 20: Guo Yaoshi son: Anguo, Yelu Tushan, Wuyanhuligai, Wuyanwulibu, Xiao Gong, Wanyanxibuzhu, Geshiliehula, Yelu Shu, Guo Qizhong, Wusunelun, Yanzhanmendou, Pusanhuntan, Zheng Jianchong, Wugulunsanhe, Yi Lawen, Xiao Zhonggong son: Gong, Xiao Zhongxuan, Gao Song, Hailingzhuziguangying, Yuan Shou, Shen Siabu, Guang Yang History of Jin 金史 — count: 23
• 卷九十六 志第七十二 藝文一 Volume 96 Treatises 72: Arts and Literature 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 23

Collocations

• 君胡 (君胡) 君胡不冑 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 8
• 胡可 (胡可) 胡可常也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 7
• 胡沈 (胡沈) 胡沈之君幼而狂 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
• 灭胡 (滅胡) 楚子滅胡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 4
• 胡公 (胡公) 配胡公而封之陳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 胡逝 (胡逝) 胡逝我梁 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧何人斯 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - He Ren Si — count: 4
• 胡能 (胡能) 胡能有定 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧日月 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Ri Yue — count: 4
• 公胡 (公胡) 公胡其不雪之以政 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難二第三十七 Chapter 37: Difficulties II — count: 3
• 胡转 (胡轉) 胡轉予于恤 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧祈父 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - He Ming — count: 3
• 胡瞻 (胡瞻) 胡瞻爾庭有縣貆兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧魏‧伐檀 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Fa Tan — count: 3