胡

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See also: 楜, 衚, and 鬍

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

胡 (radical 130 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十口月 (JRB), four-corner 47620, composition ⿰古月)

  1. recklessly; foolishly
  2. wildly
  3. (archaic) a generic term for any peoples who lived outside of China's borders (particularly to the north and west)
  4. Chinese surname
  5. a Barbarian fiddle (as in erhu)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 979, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29400
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1431, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2056, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+80E1

Cantonese[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

胡 (Jyutping wu4, Yale wu4)

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
胡

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

胡 (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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Mandarin[edit]

Adverb[edit]

胡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hú)

  1. (literary) foolishly; wildly

Noun[edit]

胡 (simplified, Pinyin hú, traditional 鬍)

  1. (literary) beard; mustache

Noun[edit]

胡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hú)

  1. (literary) alley; lane

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

胡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hú)

  1. (literary) chili pepper

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

胡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hú)

  1. (archaic) barbarian; a generic term for any peoples who lived outside of China's borders (particularly to the north and west)

Proper noun[edit]

胡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hú)

  1. a Chinese surname, surname of the ex-president of the PRC, Hu Jintao (trad. 胡錦濤, simpl. 胡锦涛 (pinyin: Hú Jǐntāo))

Compounds[edit]

Middle Chinese[edit]

Han character[edit]

胡 (*ho)

Min Nan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

胡 (traditional and simplified, POJ hô·)

  1. (literary) foolish

Proper noun[edit]

胡 (traditional and simplified, POJ hô·)

  1. (archaic) a generic term for any peoples who lived outside of China's borders (particularly to the north and west)

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

胡 (hồ, hò, ha)

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