Chinese word dictionary

呼啦圈

hū lā quān · hula hoop (loanword)

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Word information

Simplified呼啦圈

Traditional呼啦圈

Pinyinhū lā quān

Part of speechDictionary

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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

啦la

final particle of an assertion

圈quān

circle, ring, loop; to encircle

How to learn 呼啦圈

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.

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Words with the same characters

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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

啦la

sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples

圈quān

circle; ring; loop (CL:個|个[ge4]); classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc; to surround; to circle

呼hū

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