雾 (wù): fog
雾 (wù) is a Chinese character meaning “fog.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 雨 (semantic) and 务 (phonetic). It ranks #1657 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 雾 rain. Its radical form 雨 (rain) appears in many related characters such as 雨 (yǔ, rain), 零 (líng, zero), 雪 (xuě, snow).
Definitions
- fog
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烟雾noun | yān wù | smoke |
| 迷雾noun | mí wù | dense fog |
| 雾气noun | wù qì | fog |
| 喷雾器noun | pēn wù qì | sprayer |
| 浓雾noun | nóng wù | thick fog |
| 大雾 | dà wù | thick fog |
| 薄雾noun | bó wù | mist |
| 云雾noun | yún wù | clouds and mist |
| 雾蒙蒙adjective | wù méng méng | foggy |
| 吞云吐雾verb | tūn yún tǔ wù | to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) |
| 气雾剂noun | qì wù jì | aerosol |
| 雾霭noun | wù ǎi | mist |
| 雾里看花phrase | wù lǐ kàn huā | lit. to look at flowers in the fog (idiom) |
| 雾化器 | wù huà qì | nebulizer |
| 云山雾罩phrase | yún shān wù zhào | (lit.) enveloped in clouds and mist (idiom) |
雾 appears in 53 compound words: 34 as the first character, 34 as the last, and 32 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 雾 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
a state of mediation where a person no longer requires food; to smoke (cigarettes, or other drugs)
completely puzzled; utterly baffled; unable to understand; unable to make head or tail of something
completely puzzled; utterly baffled; unable to understand; unable to make head or tail of something
Example Sentences
大雾天气能见度很低，开车要减速慢行。
Dàwù tiānqì néngjiàndù hěn dī, kāichē yào jiǎnsù màn xíng.
Visibility is very low in heavy fog; drive slowly.
【联副不打烊画廊】联副/梁育瑄作品〈如雾的尘埃〉
lián fù bù dǎ 烊 huà láng lián fù liáng yù 瑄 zuò pǐn rú wù de chén 埃
【Lian Vice Gallery】Lian Vice / Liang Yuxuan's work "Dust Like Fog"
浓雾散去!台中机场07:22恢复起降 影响4...
nóng wù sàn qù ! tái zhōng jī chǎng 0 7 : 2 2 huī fù qǐ jiàng yǐng xiǎng 4 . . .
The fog dispersed! Taichung Airport resumed take-off and landing at 07:22, affecting 4...
快讯/浓雾笼罩!台中机场07:00起“航班全停飞”
kuài xùn nóng wù lóng zhào ! tái zhōng jī chǎng 0 7 : 0 0 qǐ háng bān quán tíng fēi
News/Thick fog shrouded! Taichung Airport from 07:00 "full suspension of flights"
台中公车驶入校园+1 “282绕”停靠雾峰国中
tái zhōng gōng chē shǐ rù jiào yuán 1 2 8 2 rào tíng kào wù fēng guó zhōng
Taichung bus drove into the campus +1 "282 rounds" and stopped at Wufeng Junior High School
大湾区航空飞往台北航班遇大雾盘旋后折返,航司回应:..
dà wān ōu háng kōng fēi wǎng tái běi háng bān yù dà wù pán xuán hòu shé fǎn , háng sī huí yīng . .
The flight to Taipei of the Greater Bay Area Airline in the fog circled after turning back, the airline company responded:...
伦敦不再是雾都了。
Lúndūn bù zài shì wù dōu le.
London is no longer a city of fog.
玛丽的包里有辣椒喷雾。
Mǎlì de bāo lǐ yǒu làjiāo pēnwù.
Mary carries pepper spray in her purse.
田野和小径被雾气笼罩着。
Tiányě hé xiǎojìng bèi wùqì lǒngzhào zhe.
Mist hung over the fields and footpaths.
她缓缓消失在雾气弥漫的森林中。
Tā huǎnhuǎn xiāoshī zài wùqì mímàn de sēnlín zhōng.
She slowly disappeared into the foggy forest.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 雨 (rain) component
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