Chinese word dictionary

呜呼

wū hū · alas; alack; welladay

Practice word

Word information

Simplified呜呼

Traditional嗚呼

Pinyinwū hū

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

呜wū

the sound of someone crying or sobbing

呼hū

to breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout

How to learn 呜呼

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

打招呼dǎzhāohu

to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice

呼吸hūxī

to breathe

称呼chēnghu

to call; to address as; form of address; appellation

呼hū

to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale; variant of 呼[hu1]; to shout; to call out

呼唤hūhuàn

to call out (a name etc); to shout

呼救hūjiù

to call for help