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]