Chinese word dictionary

蔫呼呼

niān hū hū · weak and indecisive

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Word information

Simplified蔫呼呼

Traditional蔫呼呼

Pinyinniān hū hū

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Character breakdown

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

蔫niān

withered, faded, decayed; calm

呼hū

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

呼hū

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

How to learn 蔫呼呼

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.

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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

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