乎
hū
Pinyin

Definition

乎
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hū
  1. (classical particle similar to 於|于[yú]) in
  2. at
  3. from
  4. because
  5. than
  6. (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma], 吧[ba], 呢[ne], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (4)

呼
hū
  1. 1 to call
  2. 2 to cry
  3. 3 to shout
  4. 4 to breath out
  5. 5 to exhale
呼
hū
  1. 1 variant: 呼 hū
  2. 2 to shout
  3. 3 to call out
烀
hū
  1. 1 to cook in a small quantity of water
虖
hū
  1. 1 to exhale
  2. 2 to call
  3. 3 scream of tiger

Related Words (20)

似乎
sì hū
  1. 1 apparently
  2. 2 to seem
  3. 3 to appear
  4. 4 as if
  5. 5 seemingly
在乎
zài hu
  1. 1 to care about
  2. 2 equivalent of 在於|在于[zài yú]
几乎
jī hū
  1. 1 almost
  2. 2 nearly
  3. 3 practically
不亦乐乎
bù yì lè hū
  1. 1 lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)
  2. 2 fig. (jocularly) extremely
  3. 3 awfully
出乎
chū hū
  1. 1 due to
  2. 2 to stem from
  3. 3 to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc)
  4. 4 to go against (expectations)

Idioms (9)

之乎者也
zhī hū zhě yě
  1. 1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎预料
chū hū yù liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
卓乎不群
zhuó hū bù qún
  1. 1 standing out from the common crowd (idiom); outstanding
  2. 2 preeminent

Sample Sentences

那你肯定很难理解网上那些组织应援、为偶像摇旗呐喊的行为啦，现在很多偶像是通过粉丝支持、创造流量爆红的，所以粉丝几乎是他们的衣食父母呀。
nà nǐ kěndìng hěn nán lǐjiě wǎngshàng nàxiē zǔzhī yìngyuán 、wèi ǒuxiàng yáoqínàhǎn de xíngwéi la ，xiànzài hěnduō ǒuxiàng shì tōngguò fěnsī zhīchí 、chuàngzào liúliàng bàohóng de ，suǒyǐ fěnsī jīhū shì tāmen de yīshífùmǔ ya 。
Then you must find it hard to understand how online groups provide support, carry flags and shout support for their idols. Now many idols are supported by fans who help to create traffic. So fans have almost become their parents.
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电影院几乎场场爆满，简直一票难求。
diànyǐngyuàn jīhū chǎng chǎng bàomǎn ，jiǎnzhí yī piào nán qiú 。
It’s almost impossible to buy a movie ticket with cinemas almost fully booked for every show.
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没那么玄乎，我前女友是空姐我们呢也就是经人介绍，算是相亲认识的。我这人吧，特实在，旅途艳遇啦，一见钟情什么的，对我来说，那就是“特别不靠谱”化了妆的说法儿。
méi nàme xuánhū ，wǒ qiánnǚyǒu shì kōngjiě wǒmen ne yě jiùshì Jīng rén jièshào ，suànshì xiāngqīn rènshi de 。wǒ zhè rén ba ，tè shízài ，lǚtú yànyù la ，yījiànzhōngqíng shénme de ，duì wǒ láishuō ，nà jiùshì “tèbié bù kàopǔ ”huà le zhuāng de shuōfǎr 。
Nothing that incredible. My ex-girlfriend is an air hostess. We were introduced, I guess you could say it was our parents that arranged us to get together. I’m a very honest person, things like a holiday romance or love at first sight are extremely unreliable dressed-up terminology.
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哈，这样就不会有人因为你的笑容爱上你啦！虽然你意淫结果的发生几率几乎为零。
hā ，zhèyàng jiù bùhuì yǒu rén yīnwèi nǐ de xiàoróng àishàng nǐ la ！suīrán nǐ yìyín jiéguǒ de fāshēng jīlǜ jīhū wèi líng 。
Ha, this way no one will fall in love with you because of your smile! Although the probability of your fantasy coming true is almost zero.
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假使卢梭当日所画的不是雄狮逼视着梦中的浪子，而是猛虎在细嗅含苞的蔷薇，我相信，这幅画同样会成为杰作。惜乎卢梭逝世，而萨松尚未成名。
jiǎshǐ Lú Suō dāngrì suǒ huà de bùshì xióngshī bīshì zhe mèng zhōng de làngzǐ ，érshì měng hǔ zài xì xiù hánbāo de qiángwēi ，wǒ xiāngxìn ，zhè fú huà tóngyàng huì chéngwéi jiézuò 。xíhū Lú Suō shìshì ，ér Sà Sōng shàngwèi chéngmíng 。
If Rousseau had depicted a tiger carefully smelling a budding rose instead of a lion staring intently at a sleeping vagrant, I believe this piece would still have been seen as a masterpiece. Unfortunately Rousseau has passed away, and Sassoon never really became famous.
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当然要肤白貌美啦，脸蛋美身材佳，外在具有足够吸引力，才能激起我继续探索她们的内在，我是不会说什么性格最重要，外表不在乎那种自命清高的话的。
dāngrán yào fūbái màoměi la ，liǎndàn měi shēncái jiā ，wàizài jùyǒu zúgòu xīyǐnlì ，cáinéng jīqǐ wǒ jìxù tànsuǒ tāmen de nèizài ，wǒ shì bùhuì shuō shénme xìnggé zuì zhòngyào ，wàibiǎo bù zàihu nà zhǒng zì mìng qīnggāo de huà de 。
Of course she has to be a pale-skinned beauty, with a beautiful face and a great body. She has to have enough physical charm to make me interested in getting to know her better. I'm not the type to be self-righteous enough to say that personality is the most important thing.
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啊哈哈哈！这几乎是全世界男人的意淫。
ā hā hā hā ！zhè jīhū shì quánshìjiè nánrén de yìyín 。
Ah ha ha! That's a fantasy for almost every man in the world.
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睡眠？这一整年来，我几乎天天熬夜啊，恨不得一分钟掰成四分钟来用，睡眠对我来说简直太奢侈了。
shuìmián ？zhè yī zhěng nián lái ，wǒ jīhū tiāntiān áoyè ā ，hènbude yīfēnzhōng bāi chéng sì fēnzhōng lái yòng ，shuìmián duìwǒláishuō jiǎnzhí tài shēchǐ le 。
Sleep? I've been staying up late every night for almost this entire year. I'm always eager to make more use of my time, so you could say sleeping is like a luxury for me.
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也是，如今社会发展快，诱惑也越来越多，男人出轨的成本也太低了，连婚姻法都几乎都是保护男方权益的。所以他们对于离婚毫无畏惧。
yě shì ，rújīn shèhuì fāzhǎn kuài ，yòuhuò yě yuèláiyuèduō ，nánrén chūguǐ de chéngběn yě tài dī le ，lián hūnyīn fǎ dōu jīhū dōu shì bǎohù nán fāng quányì de 。suǒyǐ tāmen duìyú líhūn háowú wèiju 。
I guess that's true. Now as society is developing so fast, there are also more and more temptations and the costs for men cheating really are so low. Even the marriage law is more geared towards protecting the rights of men. So they have no fear of divorce at all.
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秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿，他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句，但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月，他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面，但除了点咖啡和道谢之外，他们两人未曾说过其它话语。
qínyǔ shì gè xiūsè de nánháir ，tā qíshí yǒushíhou xiǎng hé zhège nǚháiēr liáo jǐ jù ，dàn yě bù zhīdào gāi cónghé liáo qǐ 。jiù zhème guò le jiāngjìn sān ge yuè ，tā hé nǚháiēr jīhū tiāntiān jiàndào miàn ，dàn chúle diǎn kāfēi hé dàoxiè zhīwài ，tāmen liǎng rén wèicéng shuō guo qítā huàyǔ 。
QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.
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