胡

hú

beard

mustache; whiskers

old sound (古) + flesh (⺼) = facial hair

⺼ (flesh/body) anchors the meaning: hair growing from the face. 古 gives the sound hú and does not contribute semantically.

古+⺼→胡
⺼FleshSemantic
古OldPhonetic

他的胡子很长,看起来很老。

tā de hú zi hěn cháng,kàn qǐ lái hěn lǎo。

His beard is very long, making him look quite old.

他每天早上都要刮胡子。

tā měi tiān zǎo shang dōu yào guā hú zi。

He has to shave his beard every morning.

Words with 胡

胡扯

hú chě

to chatter

胡编

hú biān

to make things up

胡锡进

hú xī jìn

Hu Xijin (1960-), editor-in-chief of the "Global Times" 環球時報|环球时报[Huan2 qiu2 Shi2 bao4] 2005-2021

胡人

hú rén

ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times

胡吹

hú chuī

to boast wildly

野胡萝卜

yě hú luó bo

carrot (Daucus carota)

随口胡诌

suí kǒu hú zhōu

to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head

头发胡子一把抓

tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā

lit. hair and beard all in one stroke

胡匪

hú fěi

bandit (old)

胡渣

hú zhā

see 鬍碴|胡碴[hu2 cha1]

胡碴

hú chā

beard stubble

胡子

hú zi

beard

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