糊

hú

HSK 54 readings

“To smear” in Chinese is 糊 (hú).

Other characters with the syllable hu: see all 14 →

Meaning

to smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like)
to paste; to glue
blurry; unclear; muddled

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(esp. of food) scorched; burnt
paste; mush; thick gruel
paste
cream
congee
(in 糊口[hu2 kou3]) to feed oneself
variant of 糊[hu2]

Example

这句句子意思模糊。

The meaning of this sentence is obscure.

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

Readings

hūto smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like)
húvariant of 糊 / to paste; to glue / blurry; unclear; muddled / (esp. of food) scorched; burnt / paste; mush; thick gruel / congee / (in 糊口) to feed oneself
hùpaste / cream

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Words containing 糊

模糊móhuvague; indistinct; fuzzyHSK 5 含糊hánhuambiguousHSK 7-9 糊涂hútumuddledHSK 7-9 一塌糊涂yītāhútúmuddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful conditionHSK 7-9

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