呼噜 (呼嚕)
hū lu
Pinyin
Definition
呼噜 (呼嚕)
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- (onom.) snoring
- Taiwan pr. [hū lū]
呼噜 (呼嚕)
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- (onom.) wheezing
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
- 2 to respond en masse
- 1 to breathe
- 1 (onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb who is sound asleep
- 1 to call out to
- 2 to greet
- 3 to say hello to
- 4 to inform
- 5 to take care of
- 6 to take care that one does not
- 1 to call
- 2 to cry
- 3 to shout
- 4 to breath out
- 5 to exhale
Idioms (16)
一呼百应
- 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
- 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
- 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
一命呜呼
- 1 to die (idiom)
- 2 to breathe one's last
- 3 to give up the ghost
呼之即来
- 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
- 2 always at sb's beck and call
呼之即来,挥之即去
- 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
- 2 always at sb's beck and call
Sample Sentences
咕噜, 稀里呼噜, 嘀嗒, 哗哗, 稀里哗啦
gurgling sound, slurping sound, dripping sound, sound of flowing water, sound of the patter of rain
哦。我平时不打呼噜吧?
Oh. I don't usually snore, do I?
嗯,你打呼噜声音太大了,我睡不着。
Yeah. You were snoring too loudly. I couldn't sleep.
你打呼噜了。
You're snoring.
怎么了,我又打呼噜了?
What's wrong? Was I snoring again?