hú
non-Han people, esp. from central Asia
reckless
outrageous
what?
why?
to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])
Hú Yào bāng
Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician
èr hú
erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle)
alto fiddle
CL:把[ba3]
Hú Shì
Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bai2 hua4 wen2]
Hú Jǐn tāo
Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CPC 2002-2012, President of the PRC 2003-2013
hú luàn
careless
reckless
casually
absent-mindedly
at will
at random
any old how
Hú Zhì míng
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader
see also 胡志明市[Hu2 Zhi4 ming2 Shi4]
hú xū
beard
CL:根[gen1],綹|绺[liu3]
hú sī luàn xiǎng
to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
to let one's imagination run wild
hú zi
beard
mustache or whiskers
facial hair
CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1]
(coll.) bandit
hú nào
to act willfully and make a scene
to make trouble
hú chě
to chatter
nonsense
blather
hú yán luàn yǔ
babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings
double Dutch
sǐ hú tòng
blind alley
cul-de-sac
dead end
impasse
hú jiāo fěn
ground pepper (i.e. powder)
táng hú lu
sugar coated Chinese hawthorn fruit on a stick
tanghulu
Hú Zhì míng shì
Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam
hú lái
to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules
to mess with sth
to make a hash of things
to cause trouble
hú qin
huqin
family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring
Hú Zhì qiáng
Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister
hú zuò fēi wéi
to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
Hú Jiā
Hu Jia (1973-), PRC dissident human rights activist
Hú fó
Hoover (name)
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) US mining engineer and Republican politician, president (1929-1933)
Ràng hú lù
Ranghulu district of Daqing city 大慶|大庆[Da4 qing4], Heilongjiang
hú gǎo
to mess around
to mess with something
to have an affair
hú huà
nonsense
ridiculous talk
hogwash
jīng hú
jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera
also called 京二胡
hú tu
variant of 糊塗|糊涂[hu2 tu5]
Hú kè
Hook or Hooke (name)
Robert Hooke (1635-1703), brilliant English experimental scientist and inventor
hú biān luàn zào
to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom)
to make things up
hú jiǎo mán chán
to pester endlessly (idiom); an annoying troublemaker
hú zhōu
to invent crazy nonsense
to cook up (excuses)
to talk at random
wild babble
bǎn hú
a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard
Wǔ Hú
five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴, Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑, Jié 羯, Dī 氐, Qiāng 羌, esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国
hú xiǎng
see 胡思亂想|胡思乱想[hu2 si1 luan4 xiang3]
Ràng hú lù qū
Ranghulu district of Daqing city 大慶|大庆[Da4 qing4], Heilongjiang
hú dòu
broad bean (Vicia faba)
fava bean
also written 蠶豆|蚕豆[can2 dou4]
Dōng hú
Eastern barbarian
ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China
Hú Zǐ wēi
Hu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter
hú jiāo lì
peppercorn
seeds of pepper
Hú fū
Khufu (Pharoah, reigned possibly 2590-2568 BC)
méi mao hú zi yī bǎ zhuā
careless
any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
Nèi tǎ ní yà hú
Netanyahu (name)
Benjamin Netanyahu (1949-), Israeli Likud politician, prime minister 1996-1999 and from 2009
Hú Huì zhōng
Sibelle Hu (1958-), Taiwanese actress
hóng hú zi
band of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic)
wǔ hú shí liù guó
Sixteen Kingdoms of five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
hú chī hǎi hē
to eat and drink gluttonously
to pig out
hú jī huā
Vanda miss joaquim (hybrid orchid), national flower of Singapore
Hú Zǐ wēi
Hu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter
bā zì hú
mustache shaped like character 八
hú yuè
Hu music
central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati)
Hú Wēn xīn zhèng
Hu JinTao and Wen JiaBao new politics
mǎn kǒu hú yán
to spout nonsense
to bullshit endlessly
hú quán
Hu Quan (1102-1180, Song Dynasty official and poet)
běi chái hú
honewort
Cryptotaenia japonica
jīng èr hú
jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera
also called 京胡
hú huā
to spend recklessly
to squander money
Hú tú zú
Hutu, an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi
hú shēng
pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West
suí kǒu hú zhōu
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
hú zhōu bā chě
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
hú chán
to pester
to involve sb unreasonably
hú jiāo shǔ
pepper genus (Piper spp.)
hú chě dàn
nonsense
irresponsible patter
Jié hú
Jie people, originally a branch of the Tokhara 月支[Yue4 zhi1]
hú tu chóng
blunderer
bungler
also written 糊塗蟲|糊涂虫
hú jiāo zǐ
peppercorn
seeds of pepper
bā zì hú xū
mustache shaped like character 八
hú qìn
to talk provokingly or nonsensically
Hú È gōng
Hu Egong (1884-1951), Chinese revolutionary and politician
hú chuī luàn pěng
indiscriminate admiration (idiom)
tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā
lit. hair and beard all in one stroke
fig. to handle different things by the same method
one method to solve all problems
one size fits all
Yá mǎi jiā hú jiāo
Jamaican pepper
all-spice (Pimenta dioica)
mǎn kǒu hú chái
to spout nonsense
to bullshit endlessly
hú zhōu luàn chě
to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
hú qín r
erhua variant of 胡琴[hu2 qin2]
hú zhōu luàn shuō
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
hú zhōu luàn dào
to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
hú zhōu luàn bàng
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
kǎo hú jiāo xiāng cháng
roast pepper sausage
pepperoni
hú biān
to make things up
to concoct (a story, an excuse etc)
Hú Wēn Xīn zhèng
Hu-Wen New Administration (formed in 2003), ostensibly reform-oriented leadership of Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛[Hu2 Jin3 tao1] and Wen Jiabao 溫家寶|温家宝[Wen1 Jia1 bao3]
hú jiǎo mán chán
to pester endlessly (idiom)
an annoying troublemaker
Hú Zhì míng Shì
Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam
Hú Quán
Hu Quan (1102-1180), Song Dynasty official and poet
hú chá
variant of 鬍茬|胡茬[hu2 cha2]
luò sāi hú zi
variant of 絡腮鬍子|络腮胡子[luo4 sai1 hu2 zi5]
hú má
sesame
(botany) flax
linseed
hú nong
to fool
to deceive
to go through the motions
hú tiān hú dì
with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom)
reckless
intemperate
xìn kǒu hú shuō
to speak without thinking
to blurt sth out
Wǔ hú Shí liù guó
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
Wǔ hú
Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2], Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1], Jie 羯[Jie2], Di 氐[Di1], Qiang 羌[Qiang1], esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国[Wu3 hu2 Shi2 liu4 guo2]
Bǐng zǐ Hú luàn
second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
Dīng mǎo Hú luàn
first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
sì hú
sihu (or "khuurchir" in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture
zhuì hú
two-stringed bowed instrument
also called 墜琴|坠琴[zhui4 qin2]
chái hú
Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)
root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)
hú chī hǎi sāi
to stuff oneself with food
hú wù jiù
(bird species of China) bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
hú rén
ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times
foreigner
barbarian
Shèng Hú ān
San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico