hú

hú

1. bone

An onomatopoeia.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈhuː]

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• Rhymes: -huː

hú

1. wow! (the expression of surprise or mild scare)

   Synonyms: ejha, hűha, hű, tyűha, tyű, húha, azt a mindenit

   • 1845, Sándor Petőfi, János vitéz (John the Valiant), epic, part 20, translated by John Ridland:

     Hát még meg a varjúk!… hú, azok voltak ám!

     Not to mention the crows!… What a sight to be seen!

2. whoo (the expression of delight)

• hú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Onomatopoeic

hú!

1. hoo!
2. boohoo!

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “hú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “hú” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

hú

1. leg

• hu — nonstandard

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hú (hu², Zhuyin ㄏㄨˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 狐
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弧
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胡
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 湖
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 糊
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝴
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 乎
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 和
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喖
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘝
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 囫
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壺／壶
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 媩
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抇
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搰
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 斛
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 核
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 楜
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槲
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汩
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀫
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 焀
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 煳
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猢
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑚
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓠
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓳
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 箶
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 絗
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縠
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 葫
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蔛
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 虖／呼
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 螜
35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 衚／胡
36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 觳
37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醐
38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈴／铃
39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍸／𲈋
40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頶
41. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餬／糊
42. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬍／胡
43. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魱／𱇓
44. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鰗／𬶞
45. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴠／𱉗
46. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵠／鹄
47. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶘／鹕, 鶦／𫛷, 鹕
48. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶲／鹟
49. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鹗

• (Hokkien)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú
  • Tâi-lô: hú
  • Phofsit Daibuun: huo
  • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³/
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁵³/
  • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹/

1. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 府
2. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 俯
3. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 捬
4. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 拊
5. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 腑
6. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 腐 (literary)
7. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 甫
8. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 脯
9. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 黼
10. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 輔／辅 (literary)
11. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 撫／抚
12. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 許／许 (literary)
13. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 栩
14. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 詡／诩
15. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 喣
16. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 煦
17. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 釜
18. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 斧 (literary)
19. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 頫／𫖯
20. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 簠
21. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 鬴
22. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 冔

• William Campbell (1913) A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Min Nan), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, page 224.
• “Query for hú”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

hú

1. third-person singular personal pronoun: he, she, it

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hu˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hʊw˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hʊw˦˥]

hú • (觳)

1. to howl
   • 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 3, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:

     Không ai nghe tiếng tôi hú gọi cả.

     No-one heard me howling and shouting at all.

2. (colloquial) to call for

   Có gì thì cứ hú tao nha bây.

   If anything turns up, just call me.

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