Chinese word dictionary

呼吁

hūyù · to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to); an appeal

Practice word

Word information

Simplified呼吁

Traditional呼籲

Pinyinhūyù

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

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

呼hū

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

吁xū

alas; to sigh

How to learn 呼吁

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