唬

hǔ

HSK 7-93 readings

“A tiger's roar” in Chinese is 唬 (hǔ).

Other characters with the syllable hu: see all 14 →

Meaning

a tiger's roar
to scare
to intimidate

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(coll.) to fool
to bluff

Example

别想吓唬我。

Don't try to intimidate me.

From 吓唬 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

hǔa tiger's roar / to scare / to intimidate / (coll.) to fool / to bluff
xiàrare / archaic reading — uncommon; see common pronunciation(s)

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Words containing 唬

吓唬xiàhuto scareHSK 7-9

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