忽 hū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
忽悠
hūyou
to fool; to hoodwink
Characters in this word
悠 yōu
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 攸 distant, far 心 heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他用一堆听起来专业的术语忽悠投资人，实际上连样机都没有。 Tā yòng yì duī tīng qǐlái zhuānyè de shùyǔ hūyou tóuzīrén, shíjì shàng lián yàngjī dōu méiyǒu. He used a pile of professional-sounding terms to fool investors, but in reality he did not even have a prototype.
- 别听他瞎忽悠，那家店的东西根本不便宜。 Bié tīng tā xiā hūyou, nà jiā diàn de dōngxi gēnběn bù piányi. Don't listen to his bluffing; the things in that shop are not cheap at all.
- 小贩想忽悠游客买下一块假玉。 Xiǎofàn xiǎng hūyou yóukè mǎi xià yí kuài jiǎ yù. The vendor tried to fool a tourist into buying a piece of fake jade.
Related words
- 忽然 hūrán suddenly
- 忽视 hūshì to ignore
- 忽略 hūlüè to neglect, to overlook
- 忽冷忽热 hūlěnghūrè changeable; hot and cold
- 疏忽 shūhu to neglect; to overlook; negligence
- 悠闲 yōuxián leisurely; carefree
- 转悠 zhuànyou to stroll; to wander around; to hang about
- 搞鬼 gǎoguǐ to play tricks; to make trouble secretly
- 恶作剧 èzuòjù prank; practical joke
- 讥笑 jīxiào to mock; to ridicule
- 告状 gàozhuàng to complain to a superior; to tell tales
- 嘲弄 cháonòng to mock; to ridicule