乎 (hū) means (used in questions). Below are 24 of the 25 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
沙漠里几 乎 没有水。
Shāmò lǐ jīhū méiyǒu shuǐ.
There is almost no water in the desert.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 沙漠
我很在 乎 这段友谊。
Wǒ hěn zàihu zhè duàn yǒuyì.
I care a lot about this friendship.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 在乎
悬崖几 乎 是垂直的。
Xuányá jīhū shì chuízhí de.
The cliff is almost vertical.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 垂直
这些题我几 乎 都会做。
Zhèxiē tí wǒ jīhū dōu huì zuò.
I can do almost all of these questions.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 几乎
可见他很在 乎 这件事。
Kějiàn tā hěn zàihu zhè jiàn shì.
Clearly he cares a lot about this.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 可见
他不在 乎 穿不穿名牌。
Tā bú zàihu chuān bu chuān míngpái.
He does not care whether he wears brand names.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 名牌
这件事似 乎 不太简单。
Zhè jiàn shì sìhū bú tài jiǎndān.
This matter does not seem very simple.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 似乎
他不在 乎 别人的看法。
Tā bú zàihu biéren de kànfǎ.
He does not care what others think.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 在乎
他并不在 乎 一时的胜负。
Tā bìng bú zàihu yìshí de shèngfù.
He does not care about winning or losing at any one moment.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 胜负
这个结果完全出 乎 意料。
Zhège jiéguǒ wánquán chūhū yìliào.
This result was completely unexpected.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 意料
这台机器几 乎 没有噪音。
Zhè tái jīqì jīhū méiyǒu zàoyīn.
This machine is almost silent.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 噪音
他备考期间几 乎 废寝忘食。
Tā bèikǎo qījiān jīhū fèiqǐnwàngshí.
While preparing for the exam he barely slept or ate.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 废寝忘食
这对双胞胎长得几 乎 一样。
Zhè duì shuāngbāotāi zhǎng de jīhū yíyàng.
These twins look almost identical.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 双胞胎
他做这份工作几 乎 没有报酬。
Tā zuò zhè fèn gōngzuò jīhū méiyǒu bàochou.
He does this work for almost no pay.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 报酬
这个纪录几 乎 是空前绝后的。
Zhège jìlù jīhū shì kōngqiánjuéhòu de.
This record is very nearly unmatched before or since.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 空前绝后
现在几 乎 没有人用磁带听歌了。
Xiànzài jīhū méiyǒu rén yòng cídài tīng gē le.
Almost nobody listens to music on cassette any more.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 磁带
连续加班一个月,他几 乎 崩溃了。
Liánxù jiābān yí ge yuè, tā jīhū bēngkuì le.
After a month of continuous overtime he nearly broke down.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 崩溃
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From the graded readers
街上几 乎 没有人。
jiēshàng jīhū méiyǒu rén.
There was almost nobody about.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
下车的时候,我几 乎 认不出那个地方。
xià chē de / dì shíhou, wǒ jīhū rèn bùchū nèigè dìfang.
Getting off the coach, I could hardly recognise the place.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
现在几 乎 没有人写信了,所以我很吃惊。
xiànzài jīhū méiyǒu rén xiěxìn le / liǎo / liào, suǒyǐ wǒ hěn chījīng.
Almost nobody writes letters now, so I was surprised.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
那半年,我几 乎 每天都加班到晚上十点以后。
nà / nèi bàn nián, wǒ jīhū měitiān dōu jiābān dào wǎnshang shí diǎn yǐhòu.
For those six months I worked past ten almost every night.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
最难的是第一年,我几 乎 每个月都在担心钱的问题。
zuì nán de / dì shì dìyī nián, wǒ jīhū měi gè yuè dōu zài dānxīn qián de / dì wèntí.
The first year was the hardest — I worried about money almost every month.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
乎 appears in 25 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 乎
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 乎
How is 乎 used in a sentence?
This page shows 25 sentences using 乎 (hū, "(used in questions)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 乎 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 乎 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 乎?
The dictionary page for 乎 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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