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呼 (虖, 謼，謼)

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

呼 [hū]
  1. 1. verb [排气] exhale
  2. 2. verb [喊] shout
  3. 3. verb [叫] call
  4. 4. onomatopoeia [叫] whistle

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

呼 [hū]
  1. 1. verb breathe out; exhale
    呼出二氧化碳
    exhale carbon dioxide
    把胸中的浊气都呼出来。
  2. 2. verb shout; cry out
    呼口号
    shout slogans
    呼出民众的心声需要极大的勇气。
  3. 3. verb call
    直呼其名
    address sb. disrespectfully (by name)
    他天性好动，同事呼其“猴子”。
  4. 4. verb beep; page
    有人在呼我。
    Somebody is paging me.
    呼一下王大夫!
    Call Dr. Wang on his beeper!
    有事您呼我，甭客气。
    我今天呼了他几次，他都没回电话。
  5. 5. onomatoeia the sound of wind etc.
    北风呼呼地吹。
    A north wind is whistling.
    火势很大，呼呼作响。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

呼 [hū]
  1. 1. 动 通过口、鼻把肺内的气体排出体外
    呼气
    呼吸。
  2. 2. 动 大喊
    呼口号
    呼天抢(ｑｉāｎɡ)地
    呼喊
    高呼
    欢呼。
  3. 3. 动 称呼;唤
    直呼其名
    一呼百应
    呼应
    招呼。
  4. 4. 拟声 模拟刮风、吹气等的声音
    风呼呼地往里灌
    呼的一声,吹灭了蜡烛。
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Examples

呼口号
shout slogans → 口号
呼一下王大夫!
Call Dr. Wang on his beeper! → 呼
呼哧呼哧直喘
puff and blow → 呼哧
呼和浩特是内蒙古自治区的首府。
Huhhot is the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. → 首府
把胸中的浊气都呼出来。 → 呼
有事您呼我，甭客气。 → 呼
我今天呼了他几次，他都没回电话。 → 呼
他累得呼哧呼哧直喘粗气。 → 呼哧
灾民越聚越多, 呼饥号寒, 其状甚惨。
The refugees population increased. They groaned and cried because of starvation, presenting a miserable scene. → 呼饥号寒
我手里的报纸被风吹得呼啦呼啦地响。
The newspapers in my hands were blown violently by the wind, and made a loud sound. → 呼啦
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Character Decomposition

口
[kǒu]		 + 乎
[hū]

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