糊
húhūhù HSK5

muddled, paste

糊 hú frequency
scorched adjective
burnt or charred, particularly when referring to food during cooking

火太大，锅里的饭都糊了。

huǒ tài dà, guō lǐ de fàn dōu hú le.

The heat was too high, and the rice in the pot got scorched.

blurry verb
indistinct, unclear, or mentally muddled

雨水打湿了眼镜，视线全糊了。

yǔ​shuǐ dǎ​shī le yǎn​jìng, shì​xiàn quán hú le.

The rain wet his glasses, and his vision became completely blurred.

mush noun
a thick, soft, or semi-liquid mass such as gruel or paste

妈妈给婴儿准备了一些米糊。

mā​ma gěi yīng'ér zhǔn​bèi le yī​xiē mǐ hú.

The mother prepared some rice cereal for the baby.

paste verb
to stick or join things together using paste or glue

他在窗户上糊了一层纸。

tā zài chuāng​hu shàng hú le yī céng zhǐ.

He pasted a layer of paper over the window.

糊 hū
smear verb
to smear, daub, or cover a surface with something sticky or paste-like

他把药膏厚厚地糊在伤口上。

tā bǎ yào​gāo hòu​hòu de hū zài shāng​kǒu shàng.

He applied a thick layer of ointment to the wound.

糊 hù
paste punctuation
a thick, soft, and moist substance, typically referring to semi-liquid food or cream

这种芝麻糊味道真不错。

zhè zhǒng zhī​ma hù wèi​dao zhēn bù​cuò.

This sesame paste tastes really good.

糊 (餬) hú
congee noun
thick porridge or gruel made from grain

他给孩子喂了一点面糊。

tā gěi hái​zi wèi le yī​diǎn miàn​hù.

He fed the child a little flour gruel.

subsist verb
to make a living or feed oneself

他找了一份工作，勉强能够糊口。

tā zhǎo le yī fèn gōng​zuò, miǎn​qiǎng néng​gòu hú​kǒu.

He found a job and was barely able to make ends meet.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,393rd most common 83.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,493rd most common 43.5 per million appears in 23% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.79 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
10.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+7CCA

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)