呼

hū

variant of 呼[hu1]

to shout; to call out

mouth (口) + sound hint (乎) = to shout or call out

The mouth radical carries the meaning — you open your mouth to shout or call out. 乎 is there mainly to approximate the sound hū.

口+乎→呼
乎A classical particlePhonetic
口MouthSemantic

他大声呼叫,希望有人能听到他。

tā dà shēng hū jiào, xī wàng yǒu rén néng tīng dào tā。

He called out loudly, hoping someone could hear him.

孩子在人群中走散了,妈妈不停地呼唤他的名字。

hái zi zài rén qún zhōng zǒu sàn le, mā ma bù tíng de hū huàn tā de míng zi。

The child got separated in the crowd, and the mother kept calling out his name.

Words with 呼

呼喊

hū hǎn

to shout (slogans etc)

打招呼

dǎ zhāo hu

to greet sb by word or action

招呼

zhāo hu

to call out to

呼风唤雨

hū fēng huàn yǔ

to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers

呼吸器

hū xī qì

(medicine) ventilator

寻呼机

xún hū jī

pager; beeper

呜呼

wū hū

alas

呼和浩特市

hū hé hào tè shì

Hohhot, prefecture-level city and capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]

呼机

hū jī

pager

呼救

hū jiù

to call for help

惊呼

jīng hū

to cry out in alarm or surprise

高呼

gāo hū

to shout loudly

More characters with 口

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