呼

hū

breathe sigh, exhale; call, shout

How to write 呼, stroke by stroke

to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale; variant of 呼; to shout; to call out

Pictophonetic: semantic 口 (mouth), phonetic 乎

Made of 口 + 乎

呼吸hū xīto breathe
呼叫hū jiàoto shout; to yell; (telecommunications) to call
称呼chēng huto call; to address as; form of address; appellation
招呼zhāo huto call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not
打招呼dǎ zhāo huto greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice
欢呼huān hūto cheer for; to acclaim
呼唤hū huànto call out (a name etc); to shout
呼吁hū yùto call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to); an appeal
呼喊hū hǎnto shout (slogans etc)
呼气hū qìto breathe out
呼呼hū hū(onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb who is sound asleep
呼救hū jiùto call for help

小孩大声呼叫。
xiǎo hái dà shēng hū jiào 。
The child cried loudly.
对你的朋友打个招呼。
duì nǐ de péng yǒu dǎ gè zhāo hū 。
Say hello to your friends.
这鸟你们用英语怎么称呼？
zhè niǎo nǐ men yòng yīng yǔ zěn me chēng hu ？
What do you call this bird in English?
大家都欢呼了。
dà jiā dōu huān hū le 。
Everyone cheered.
你能屏住呼吸多久？
nǐ néng píng zhù hū xī duō jiǔ ？
How long can you hold your breath?