胡 (hú) means Mustache (beard). Below are 8 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
他在 胡 说，你别信。
Tā zài húshuō, nǐ bié xìn.
He is talking rubbish; do not believe him.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 胡说
北京的 胡 同很有名。
Běijīng de hútòng hěn yǒumíng.
Beijing's alleyways are famous.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 胡同
他每天早上都刮 胡 须。
Tā měi tiān zǎoshang dōu guā húxū.
He shaves every morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 胡须
他家住在一条小 胡 同里。
Tā jiā zhù zài yì tiáo xiǎo hútòng lǐ.
His home is in a small alley.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 胡同
他留着一把花白的 胡 须。
Tā liúzhe yì bǎ huābái de húxū.
He wears a grizzled beard.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 胡须
别 胡 说，事情不是这样的。
Bié húshuō, shìqing bú shì zhèyàng de.
Do not talk nonsense; that is not how it was.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 胡说
他 胡 乱吃了几口就出门了。
Tā húluàn chī le jǐ kǒu jiù chūmén le.
He ate a few careless mouthfuls and went out.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 胡乱
别 胡 乱猜测，等结果出来再说。
Bié húluàn cāicè, děng jiéguǒ chūlái zài shuō.
Don't guess wildly; wait until the result comes out.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 胡乱
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Words that contain 胡
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Questions about 胡
How is 胡 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 胡 (hú, "Mustache (beard)"), 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 胡 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 胡 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 胡?
The dictionary page for 胡 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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