胡 hú
noun | adverb
: non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; Tartars; Mongols
: reckless; outrageous; foolish
: what? why?
: to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和)
衚 [胡] hú
noun
: lane; alley
鬍 [胡] hú
noun
: beard; mustache; whiskers
Kun Reading
none applicable
髯 | ひげ hige
noun
: mustache; beard; whiskers
: extremely short pulse appearing on an electrical signal
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胡 | こ ko
noun
: barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
ゴ go
胡亂[乱] hu2luan4: careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how
[胡乱 | うろん ran: suspicious looking; fishy]
胡塗[涂] hu2tu: (variant of 糊塗) muddled; silly; confused
[糊塗 | こと koto: covering up; glossing over]
胡說[说] hu2shuo1: to talk nonsense; drivel
胡来[來] hu2lai2: to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules; to mess with something; to make a hash of things; to cause trouble
胡椒 hu2jiao1: pepper [こしょう koshou: pepper; black pepper]
胡瓜 hu2gua1: cucumber [きゅうり kyuuri]
胡麻油 hu2ma2 you2: siritch [ごまあぶら goma abura: sesame oil]
胡桃 hu2tao2: walnut [くるみ kurumi]
二胡 er2hu2: erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle); alto fiddle
[にこ niko]
五胡 wu3hu2: Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴, Xianbei 鲜卑, Jie 羯, Di 氐, Qiang 羌, esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六国
[ごこ goko]
京胡 jing1hu2: jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera; also called 京二胡
[きょうこ kyouko]
四胡 si4hu2: sihu (or “khuurchir” in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture
[しこ shiko]
墜[坠]胡 zhui4hu2: two-stringed bowed instrument; also called 坠琴
衚 [胡] hu2
衚衕 [胡同] hu2tong4: lane; alley
鬍[胡]子 hu2zi: beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; (coll.) bandit
鬍鬚[胡须] hu2xū: beard
鬍[胡]匪 hu2fei3: bandit (old)
鬍[胡]疵 hu2ci1: stubble; facial hair
鬍[胡]茬 hu2cha2: beard stubble
腮鬍[胡] sai1hu2: sideburns
八字鬍[胡] ba1zi4 hu2: mustache shaped like character 八
Japanese common word | expression | idiom
胡麻化し | ごまかし gomakashi
: hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
胡麻すり | ごますり gomasuri
: sycophant; apple-polisher; flatterer; brown-noser
胡麻を擂る | ごまをする goma o suru
: to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
胡散臭い | うさんくさい usan kusai
: suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
開け胡麻 | ひらけごま hirake goma
: Open Sesame!
胡座をかく | あぐらをかく agura o kaku
: to sit cross-legged
: to rest on one’s laurels
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
胡天胡帝 hu2 tian1 hu2 di4
: with all the majesty of an emperor; reckless; intemperate
胡作非為 [胡作非为] hu2 zuo4 fei1 wei2
: to run amok; to commit outrages
胡吹亂捧 [胡吹乱捧] hu2 chui1 luan4 peng3
: indiscriminate admiration
胡吃海喝 hu2 chi1 hai3 he1
: to eat and drink gluttonously; to pig out
胡思亂想 [胡思乱想] hu2 si1 luan4 xiang3
: to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one’s imagination run wild; to have a bee in one’s bonnet; unrealistic utopian fantasy
胡言亂語 [胡言乱语] hu2 yan2 luan4 yu3
: babbling nonsense; crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch
胡說八道 [胡说八道] hu2 shuo1 ba1 dao4
: to talk rubbish
一派胡言 yi1 pai4 hu2 yan2
: a bunch of nonsense
頭髮鬍子一把抓 [头发胡子一把抓] tou2 fa5 hu2 zi5 yi1 ba3 zhua1
: lit. hair and beard all in one stroke; fig. to handle different things by the same method; one method to solve all problems; one size fits all
形声 Pictophonetic.
胡
⺼ (meat CJK radical) suggests the meaning while
古 (gu3: old; ancient) provides the sound.
形声 Pictophonetic.
衚
行 (xing2 | hang2: go) suggests the meaning while
胡 (hu2: reckless) provides the sound.
形声 Pictophonetic.
鬍
髟 (biao1: hair radical 190) suggests the meaning while
胡 (hu2: reckless) provides the sound.
簡體 Simplified.
鬍 and 衚
胡. Created as unique simplification #90 (鬍 » 胡) via homophonic substitution.
Historical Variant
楜 hu2
Examples:
俺は葵の指さした場所に胡坐をかく。
おれはあおいのささしたばしょにあぐらをかく ore wa aoi no sasashita basho ni agura o kaku
I sit down crosslegged where Aoi points.
別胡鬧了， 過來幫忙！
bie2 hu2nao4 le, guo4lai2 bang1mang2!
Stop messing around and give me a hand.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
