HSK 6 · Nature

呼啸 hūxiào “to whistle” in Chinese

Traditional 呼嘯

What 呼啸 means

  1. to whistle
  2. to howl (of wind)
  3. to scream
  4. to whiz

How to say 呼啸

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale呼hū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale啸xiào4th tone, falling

呼啸 in a sentence

  1. 窗外北风呼啸。

    Chuāngwài běifēng hūxiào.

    The north wind is howling outside the window.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 一辆火车呼啸而过。

    Yí liàng huǒchē hūxiào ér guò.

    A train roared past.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 呼啸 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 呼 (hū) with each of its parts in a different colour
呼hūto call
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 乎interrogative or exclamatory final particle · hūSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 乎 (hū) hints at the sound. Compare it with hū.

The character 啸 (xiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
啸xiàoto whistle
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 肃to pay respects · sùSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 肃 (sù) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiào.

How to write 呼啸

呼 8 strokes · 啸 11 strokes

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呼啸 (hūxiào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 呼啸 (hūxiào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 呼啸

Words with 呼

打招呼dǎzhāohu · to say hello呼吸hūxī · to breathe称呼chēnghu · to call呼唤hūhuàn · to call呼吁hūyù · to appeal

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FAQs

呼啸 (hūxiào) means “to whistle” or “to howl (of wind)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hūxiào: hū with a 1st tone, then xiào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 呼啸 is written 呼嘯. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huxiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 呼啸 from the suggestions. Typing huxiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
呼啸 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.