虎

虎 hǔ in a sentence

Tiger

Full dictionary entry 7 sentences

虎 (hǔ) means Tiger. Below are 7 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

老 虎 跑得非常快。

Lǎohǔ pǎo de fēicháng kuài.

Tigers run very fast.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 老虎

他做事有点儿马 虎 。

Tā zuò shì yǒudiǎnr mǎhu.

He is a bit sloppy in what he does.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 马虎

动物园里有两只老 虎 。

Dòngwùyuán lǐ yǒu liǎng zhī lǎohǔ.

There are two tigers in the zoo.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 老虎

考试的时候不能马 虎 。

Kǎoshì de shíhou bù néng mǎhu.

You cannot be careless during an exam.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 马虎

远处传来老 虎 的吼声。

Yuǎnchù chuánlái lǎohǔ de hǒushēng.

The roar of a tiger came from far off.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 吼

吃饭别狼吞 虎 咽,对胃不好。

Chīfàn bié lángtūnhǔyàn, duì wèi bù hǎo.

Don't bolt your food; it is bad for the stomach.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 狼吞虎咽

他饿坏了,狼吞 虎 咽地吃了两碗饭。

Tā è huài le, lángtūnhǔyàn de chī le liǎng wǎn fàn.

He was famished and wolfed down two bowls of rice.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 狼吞虎咽

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Words that contain 虎

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How is 虎 used in a sentence?

This page shows 7 sentences using 虎 (hǔ, "Tiger"), 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 虎 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 虎 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 虎?

The dictionary page for 虎 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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