胡
húHú HSK5

beard

胡 hú frequency
non-Han people abbreviation
ancient term for non-Han ethnic groups, especially those from the north and west or Central Asia

胡琴最初是由北方的胡人传入中原的。

hú​qin zuì​chū shì yóu běi​fāng de hú​rén chuán​rù Zhōng​yuán de.

The huqin was originally introduced to the Central Plains by the Hu people from the north.

why pronoun
literary interrogative used to mean why, how, or what

胡为乎泥中？

hú wéi hū ní zhōng?

Why are you staying in the mud?

winning hand verb
to complete a winning hand in games like mahjong

他等了很久，终于胡了。

tā děng le hěn jiǔ, zhōng​yú hú le.

He waited a long time and finally won the hand (at Mahjong).

reckless idiom
acting in a careless, outrageous, or arbitrary manner

你不要在这里胡说八道。

nǐ bù​yào zài zhè​lǐ hú​shuō​bā​dào.

Stop talking nonsense here.

胡 (衚) hú
alley noun
used in 胡同 hú​tòng

北京有许多著名的小胡同。

Běi​jīng yǒu xǔ​duō zhù​míng de xiǎo hú tòng.

Beijing has many famous narrow alleys called hutongs.

胡 (鬍) hú
facial hair noun
facial hair, including beard, mustache, and whiskers. Used here as part of '胡茬 hú​chá'.

那个流浪汉满脸胡茬，看起来已经很久没有打理过自己了。

nà​gè liú​làng​hàn mǎn​liǎn hú chá, kàn​qǐ​lai yǐ​jīng hěn jiǔ méi​yǒu dǎ​lǐ guo zì​jǐ le.

The homeless man was covered in stubble and looked like he hadn't groomed himself in a long time.

beard noun
facial hair, including beard, mustache, and whiskers

他留了很长的胡子。

tā liú le hěn cháng de hú zi.

He has grown a very long beard.

胡 Hú
Hu proper name
surname Hu

胡先生是我的老师。

Hú xiān​sheng shì wǒ de lǎo​shī.

Mr. Hu is my teacher.

Frequency
Character
Written text
806th most common 223.2 per million
Movie subtitles
909th most common 123.5 per million appears in 42% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
18.2 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
44.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
衚鬍
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+80E1

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