忽 (hū): to neglect, to overlook, to ignore, suddenly
忽 (hū) is a Chinese character meaning “to neglect.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 勿 (phonetic) and 心 (semantic). It ranks #912 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 忽 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- to neglect
- to overlook
- to ignore
- suddenly
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 忽
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疏忽 | shū hu | to neglect |
| 忽悠 | hū you | to rock |
| 玩忽职守 | wán hū zhí shǒu | to neglect one's duty |
| 飘忽 | piāo hū | swiftly moving |
| 疏忽大意 | shū hu dà yì | oversight |
| 忽必烈 | hū bì liè | Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), grandson of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗, first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294 |
| 忽忽 | hū hū | fleeting (of quick passage time) |
| 忽闪 | hū shǎn | to glitter |
| 忽地 | hū de | suddenly |
| 黑忽忽 | hēi hū hū | variant of 黑糊糊[hei1 hu1 hu1] |
| 忽上忽下 | hū shàng hū xià | to fluctuate sharply |
| 忽略不计 | hū lüè bù jì | to disregard (sth seen as negligible) |
| 忽而 | hū ér | suddenly |
| 忽忽不乐 | hū hū bù lè | disappointed and unhappy |
| 积于忽微 | jī yú hū wēi | to accumulate tiny quantities (idiom) |
忽 appears in 35 compound words: 60 as the first character, 23 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 忽 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
Showing 6 of 7 idioms containing 忽.
Example Sentences
忽然下起了大雨,我们只好躲进附近的商店。
Hūrán xià qǐ le dàyǔ, wǒmen zhǐhǎo duǒ jìn fùjìn de shāngdiàn.
It suddenly started raining heavily, so we had to take shelter in a nearby shop.
9岁童碰撞“眼球忽然转不动” 医揭“线性爆裂性骨折”4警讯
9 suì tóng pèng zhuàng yǎn qiú hū rán zhuǎn bù dòng yī jiē xiàn xìng bào liè xìng gǔ zhé 4 jǐng xùn
9-Year-Old Suffers Head Injury, Eyes Suddenly Unable to Move; Doctor Reveals 4 Warning Signs of "Linear Blast Fracture"
...拜!台人被迫滞留,航班全面停飞能理赔吗?忽视旅平险1关键荷包大失血
. . . bài ! tái rén bèi pò zhì liú , háng bān quán miàn tíng fēi néng lǐ péi ma ? hū shì lǚ píng xiǎn 1 guān jiàn hé bāo dà shī xiě
... Bye! Taiwanese people are forced to be stranded, can flights be completely grounded to settle claims? Ignore the travel insurance 1 key wallet loss of blood loss
...910.HK)美国双重上市估值重估潜力遭忽略 评级“买入”
. . . 9 1 0 . H K ) měi guó shuāng chóng shàng shì gū zhí chóng gū qián lì zāo hū lüè píng jí mǎi rù
... 910.HK) The potential of U.S. dual listing valuation revaluation is ignored, and the rating is "buy"
紐時示警 矽谷忽視的晶片災難逼近
紐 時 shì jǐng 矽 gǔ hū 視 de jīng piàn 災 難 bī jìn
The New York Times warns that Silicon Valley's neglected chip disaster is approaching
李家同/陸大學正在進步 不容忽視
lǐ jiā tóng 陸 dà 學 zhèng zài 進 bù bù róng hū 視
Li Jiatong/Lu University is making progress and cannot be ignored
学生不该忽略自己的身份。
Xuésheng bù gāi hūlüè zìjǐ de shēnfèn.
A student should not lose sight of his own identity.
我忽然想起了我死去的妈妈。
Wǒ hūrán xiǎngqǐ le wǒ sǐqù de māma.
I suddenly thought of my dead mother.
忽然天气转为多云。
Hūrán tiānqì zhuǎn wèi duōyún.
All of a sudden, it became cloudy.
他责备了我的疏忽。
Tā zébèi le wǒ de shūhu.
He reprimanded me for my oversight.
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