衚〔胡〕 {hú}

1. lane
2. alley
3. CL: 條

胡 wu⁴ {hú}

1. non-Han people, esp. from central Asia
2. reckless
3. outrageous
4. what?
5. why?
6. to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和)

鬍〔胡〕 wu⁴ {hú}

1. beard
2. mustache
3. whiskers

胡 wu⁴ {Hú}

surname Hu

胡混 wu⁴ wan⁶ {hú hùn}

fool or loaf around

衚衕〔胡同〕 {hútòng}

1. lane
2. alley
3. CL: 條

鬍茬〔胡-〕 wu⁴ caa⁴ {hú chá}

beard stubble

胡唚〔-吣〕 wu⁴ cam³ {hú qìn}

to talk provokingly or nonsensically

胡扯 wu⁴ ce² {hú chě}

1. to chatter
2. nonsense
3. blather

胡吹 wu⁴ ceoi¹ {hú chuī}

to boast wildly

鬍疵〔胡-〕 wu⁴ ci¹ {hú cī}

1. stubble
2. facial hair

胡纏〔-缠〕 wu⁴ cin⁴ {hú chán}

1. to pester
2. to involve sb unreasonably

胡銓〔-铨〕 wu⁴ cyun⁴ {Hú Quán}

Hu Quan (1102-1180), Song Dynasty official and poet

胡豆 wu⁴ dau² {hú dòu}

1. broad bean (Vicia faba)
2. fava bean
3. also written 蠶豆

胡花 wu⁴ faa¹ {hú huā}

1. to spend recklessly
2. to squander money

胡佛 wu⁴ fat⁶ {Hú fó}

1. Hoover (name)
2. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) US mining engineer and Republican politician, president (1929-1933)

鬍匪〔胡-〕 wu⁴ fei² {hú fěi}

bandit (old)

胡夫 wu⁴ fu¹ {Hú fū}

Khufu (Pharoah, reigned possibly 2590-2568 BC)

胡蜂 wu⁴ fung¹ {hú fēng}

1. wasp
2. hornet

胡佳 wu⁴ gaai¹ {Hú Jiā}

Hu Jia (1973-), PRC dissident human rights activist

胡搞 wu⁴ gaau² {hú gǎo}

1. to mess around
2. to mess with something
3. to have an affair

胡攪〔-搅〕 wu⁴ gaau² {hú jiǎo}

1. to disturb
2. to pester

胡瓜 wu⁴ gwaa¹ {hú guā}

cucumber

胡克 wu⁴ hak¹ {Hú kè}

1. Hook or Hooke (name)
2. Robert Hooke (1635-1703), brilliant English experimental scientist and inventor

胡人 wu⁴ jan⁴ {hú rén}

1. ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times
2. foreigner
3. barbarian

胡芫 wu⁴ jyun⁴ {hú yuán}

coriander

胡琴 wu⁴ kam⁴ {hú qin}

1. huqin
2. family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring

胡掄〔-抡〕 wu⁴ leon⁴ {hú lūn}

to act rashly

胡來〔-来〕 wu⁴ loi⁴ {hú lái}

1. to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules
2. to mess with sth
3. to make a hash of things
4. to cause trouble

胡狼 wu⁴ long⁴ {hú láng}

jackal

胡亂〔-乱〕 wu⁴ lyun⁶ {hú luàn}

1. careless
2. reckless
3. casually
4. absent-mindedly
5. at will
6. at random
7. any old how

胡麻 wu⁴ maa⁴ {hú má}

1. sesame
2. (botany) flax
3. linseed

胡鬧〔-闹〕 wu⁴ naau⁶ {hú nào}

1. to act willfully and make a scene
2. to make trouble

胡樂〔-乐〕 wu⁴ ngok⁶ {hú yuè}

1. Hu music
2. central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati)

胡笙 wu⁴ saang¹ {hú shēng}

pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West

胡荽 wu⁴ seoi¹ {hú suī}

coriander

胡適〔-适〕 wu⁴ sik¹ {Hú Shì}

Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文

胡想 wu⁴ soeng² {hú xiǎng}

1. to let one's imagination run wild
2. fantasy

鬍鬚〔胡须〕 wu⁴ sou¹ {hú xū}

1. beard
2. CL: 根,綹

胡說〔-说〕 wu⁴ syut³ {hú shuō}

1. to talk nonsense
2. drivel

胡天 wu⁴ tin¹ {Hú tiān}

Zoroastrianism

胡桃 wu⁴ tou⁴ {hú táo}

walnut

胡話〔-话〕 wu⁴ waa⁶ {hú huà}

1. nonsense
2. ridiculous talk
3. hogwash

胡謅〔-诌〕 wu⁴ zau¹ {hú zhōu}

1. to invent crazy nonsense
2. to cook up (excuses)
3. to talk at random
4. wild babble

鬍髭〔胡-〕 wu⁴ zi¹ {hú zī}

beard and mustache

鬍子〔胡-〕 wu⁴ zi² {hú zi}

1. beard
2. mustache or whiskers
3. facial hair
4. CL: 撮,根
5. (coll.) bandit

胡椒 wu⁴ ziu¹ {hú jiāo}

pepper

胡定欣 wu⁴ ding⁶ jan¹ {hú dìng xīn}

Nancy Wu, name of a Chinese actress

胡杏兒〔--儿〕 wu⁴ hang⁶ ji⁴ {hú xìng er}

Myolie Wu Hang-yee, name of a Hong Kong actress and singer

鬍鬑鬚〔胡-须〕 wu⁴ lim⁴ sou¹ {hú lián xū}

a full beard 13

鬍鬚公〔胡须-〕 wu⁴ sou¹ gung¹ {hú xū gōng}

a bearded man

鬍鬚佬〔胡须-〕 wu⁴ sou¹ lou² {hú xū lǎo}

a bearded man

胡扯淡 wu⁴ ce² daam⁶ {hú chě dàn}

1. nonsense
2. irresponsible patter

胡錦濤〔-锦涛〕 wu⁴ gam² tou⁴ {Hú Jǐn tāo}

Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CPC 2002-2012, President of the PRC 2003-2013

胡姬花 wu⁴ gei¹ faa¹ {hú jī huā}

Vanda miss joaquim (hybrid orchid), national flower of Singapore

胡瓜魚〔--鱼〕 wu⁴ gwaa¹ jyu² {hú guā yú}

smelt (family Osmeridae)

胡燕妮 wu⁴ jin³ nei⁴ {Hú Yān nī}

Jenny Hu

胡耀邦 wu⁴ jiu⁶ bong¹ {Hú Yào bāng}

Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician

胡蘿蔔〔-萝卜〕 wu⁴ lo⁴ baak⁶ {hú luó bo}

carrot

胡蘆巴〔-芦-〕 wu⁴ lou⁴ baa¹ {hú lú bā}

fenugreek

胡麻籽 wu⁴ maa⁴ zi² {hú má zǐ}

sesame seed

胡兀鷲〔--鹫〕 wu⁴ ngat⁶ zau⁶ {hú wù jiù}

(Chinese bird species) bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)

胡鄂公 wu⁴ ngok⁶ gung¹ {Hú È gōng}

Hu Egong (1884-1951), Chinese revolutionary and politician

胡塗蟲〔-涂虫〕 wu⁴ tou⁴ cung⁴ {hú tu chóng}

1. blunderer
2. bungler
3. also written 糊塗蟲

胡圖族〔-图-〕 wu⁴ tou⁴ zuk⁶ {Hú tú zú}

Hutu, an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi

胡慧中 wu⁴ wai⁶ zung¹ {Hú Huì zhōng}

Sibelle Hu (1958-), Taiwanese actress

胡紫微 wu⁴ zi² mei⁴ {Hú Zǐ wēi}

Hu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter

胡紫薇 wu⁴ zi² mei⁴ {Hú Zǐ wēi}

Hu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter

胡志強〔--强〕 wu⁴ zi³ koeng⁴ {Hú Zhì qiáng}

Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister

胡志明 wu⁴ zi³ ming⁴ {Hú Zhì míng}

1. Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader
2. see also 胡志明市

胡椒粉 wu⁴ ziu¹ fan² {hú jiāo fěn}

ground pepper (i.e. powder)

胡椒粒 wu⁴ ziu¹ lap¹ {hú jiāo lì}

1. peppercorn
2. seeds of pepper

胡椒屬〔--属〕 wu⁴ ziu¹ suk⁶ {hú jiāo shǔ}

pepper genus (Piper spp.)

胡椒子 wu⁴ ziu¹ zi² {hú jiāo zǐ}

1. peppercorn
2. seeds of pepper

鬍鬚簕特〔胡须--〕 wu⁴ sou¹ lak⁶ dak⁶ {hú xū lè tè}

with a bushy beard

胡胡混混 wu⁴ wu⁴ wan⁶ wan⁶ {hú hú gǔn gǔn}

ordinary; plain; time-wasting (spoken)

胡扯八溜 wu⁴ ce² baat³ lau⁶ {hú chě bā liū}

to talk nonsense

胡吹亂捧〔--乱-〕 wu⁴ ceoi¹ lyun⁶ pung² {hú chuī luàn pěng}

indiscriminate admiration (idiom)

胡攪蠻纏〔-搅蛮缠〕 wu⁴ gaau² maan⁴ cin⁴ {hú jiǎo mán chán}

1. to pester endlessly (idiom)
2. an annoying troublemaker

胡克定律 wu⁴ hak¹ ding⁶ leot⁶ {Hú kè dìng lǜ}

Hooke's law

胡吃海喝 wu⁴ hek³ hoi² hot³ {hú chī hǎi hē}

1. to eat and drink gluttonously
2. to pig out

胡吃海塞 wu⁴ hek³ hoi² sak¹ {hú chī hǎi sāi}

to stuff oneself with food

胡言亂語〔--乱语〕 wu⁴ jin⁴ lyun⁶ jyu⁵ {hú yán luàn yǔ}

1. babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings
2. double Dutch

胡蘿蔔素〔-萝卜-〕 wu⁴ lo⁴ baak⁶ sou³ {hú luó bo sù}

carotene

胡編亂造〔-编乱-〕 wu⁴ pin¹ lyun⁶ zou⁶ {hú biān luàn zào}

1. reckless invention
2. a cock and bull story

胡思亂想〔--乱-〕 wu⁴ si¹ lyun⁶ soeng² {hú sī luàn xiǎng}

1. to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
2. to have a bee in one's bonnet
3. unrealistic utopian fantasy

胡說八道〔-说--〕 wu⁴ syut³ baat³ dou⁶ {hú shuō bā dào}

to talk rubbish

胡天胡帝 wu⁴ tin¹ wu⁴ dai³ {hú tiān hú dì}

1. with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom)
2. reckless
3. intemperate

胡溫新政〔-温--〕 wu⁴ wan¹ san¹ zing³ {Hú Wēn xīn zhèng}

Hu JinTao and Wen JiaBao new politics

胡謅八扯〔-诌--〕 wu⁴ zau¹ baat³ ce² {hú zhōu bā chě}

to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head

胡謅亂傍〔-诌乱-〕 wu⁴ zau¹ lyun⁶ bong⁶ {hú zhōu luàn bàng}

to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head

胡謅亂扯〔-诌乱-〕 wu⁴ zau¹ lyun⁶ ce² {hú zhōu luàn chě}

to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head

胡謅亂道〔-诌乱-〕 wu⁴ zau¹ lyun⁶ dou⁶ {hú zhōu luàn dào}

to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head

胡謅亂說〔-诌乱说〕 wu⁴ zau¹ lyun⁶ syut³ {hú zhōu luàn shuō}

to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head

胡志明市 wu⁴ zi³ ming⁴ si⁵ {Hú Zhì míng Shì}

Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam

胡椒薄荷 wu⁴ ziu¹ bok⁶ ho⁴ {hú jiāo bò he}

peppermint

胡椒噴霧〔--喷雾〕 wu⁴ ziu¹ pan³ mou⁶ {hú jiāo pēn wù}

1. pepper spray
2. OC spray

胡作非為〔---为〕 wu⁴ zok³ fei¹ wai⁴ {hú zuò fēi wéi}

to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages