吼 (hǒu): to roar, to howl, to shriek
吼 (hǒu) is a Chinese character meaning “to roar.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 孔 (phonetic). It ranks #2105 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 吼 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- to roar
- to howl
- to shriek
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吼叫 | hǒu jiào | to howl |
| 怒吼 | nù hǒu | to bellow |
| 吼声 | hǒu shēng | roar |
| 嘶吼 | sī hǒu | to yell |
| 河东狮吼 | hé dōng shī hǒu | lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom) |
| 急吼吼 | jí hǒu hǒu | impatient |
吼 appears in 6 compound words: 33 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 吼 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
他吼干舌燥地讲了两个小时，终于说服了大家。
tā hǒu gān jī zào dì jiǎng le liǎng gě xiǎo shí , zhōng yú shuō fú le dà jiā .
He talked himself hoarse for two hours and finally persuaded everyone.
民众党号召小草上凯道怒吼 黄帝颖:害惨柯文哲二审
mín zhòng dǎng hào zhào xiǎo cǎo shàng kǎi dào nù hǒu huáng dì yǐng : hài cǎn Kē wén zhé èr shěn
喝醉了...台中男占中华路夜市路口 大吼大叫往来车辆险酿事故
hē zuì le . . . tái zhōng nán zhàn zhōng huá lù yè shì lù kǒu dà hǒu dà jiào wǎng lái chē liàng xiǎn niàng shì gù
柯文哲怒吼司法不公 卓荣泰:质疑司法者没资格成为执...
柯 wén zhé nù hǒu sī fǎ bù gōng zhuó róng tài : zhì yí sī fǎ zhě méi zī gé chéng wéi zhí . . .
Ko Wen-je denounces judicial injustice; Cho Jung-tai: Those who question the judiciary are unqualified to become...
被前辈吼到当场落泪!八点档女星吓到弹飞 私下真实...
bèi qián bèi hǒu dào dāng chǎng luò lèi ! bā diǎn dàng nǚ xīng hè dào dàn fēi sī xià zhēn shí . . .
Screamed at by a senior colleague until she burst into tears on the spot! The 8 p.m. drama star was so startled she jumped out of her skin—but in private, the real her...
视帝真田广之怒吼“给我过来!”浅野忠信回归决一死战
shì dì zhēn tián guǎng zhī nù hǒu gěi wǒ guò lái ! qiǎn yě zhōng xìn huí guī jué yī sǐ zhàn
Emperor Sanada Hiroyuki roared, "Come over to me!" Tadanobu Asano returns to fight to the death
我们听到远处老虎的怒吼。
Wǒmen tīngdào yuǎnchù lǎohǔ de nùhǒu.
We heard tigers roaring in the distance.
对你的电脑吼一点帮助也没有。
Duì nǐ de diànnǎo hǒu yīdiǎn bāngzhù yě méiyǒu.
Shouting at your computer will not help.
别对我大吼大叫。
Bié duì wǒ dà hǒu dà jiào.
Don't shout at me.
Character Family
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