呼 hū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
呼救
hūjiù
to call for help
Characters in this word
救 jiù
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 求 to seek 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 被困人员用手机灯光呼救，终于被巡逻队发现。 Bèi kùn rényuán yòng shǒujī dēngguāng hūjiù, zhōngyú bèi xúnluóduì fāxiàn. The trapped people used mobile-phone lights to call for help and were finally found by the patrol team.
- 他在河边落水后大声呼救，路人马上跑了过来。 Tā zài hébiān luòshuǐ hòu dàshēng hūjiù, lùrén mǎshàng pǎo le guòlái. After falling into the water by the river he shouted for help, and passers-by ran over at once.
- 邻居家半夜传来呼救声，我们赶紧打了电话。 Línjū jiā bànyè chuánlái hūjiù shēng, wǒmen gǎnjǐn dǎ le diànhuà. Cries for help came from the neighbour's home at midnight, so we quickly made a phone call.
Related words
- 呼吸 hūxī to breathe
- 招呼 zhāohu to greet
- 称呼 chēnghu to address; form of address
- 呼 hū to exhale; to call out
- 呼唤 hūhuàn to call; to summon
- 呼声 hūshēng voice; public demand
- 呼啸 hūxiào to whistle; to howl
- 呼应 hūyìng to echo; to correspond
- 呼吁 hūyù to appeal; to call for
- 欢呼 huānhū to cheer; to acclaim
- 救 jiù to save; to rescue
- 救灾 jiùzāi disaster relief