乎 (hū)
Particle expressing doubt or estimation; similar to 於 (in/at).
How 乎 is written
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- ㇒ — N/A
- Traditional
- 乎
- Simplified
- 乎 (unchanged)
Components
- ㇒ N/A
- 𠂇 left hand
- 丷 eight/divide
Common words using 乎
- 似乎 sìhū
- apparently; to seem; to appear
- 在乎 zàihu
- determined by; to care about; to mind
- 幾乎 jīhū
- almost; nearly; practically
- 不亦樂乎 bùyìlèhū
- lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocularly) extremely; awfully
- 出乎 chūhū
- due to; to stem from; to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc)
- 不在乎 bùzàihu
- not to care
- 不外乎 bùwàihū
- nothing else but
- 之乎者也 zhīhūzhěyě
- four common characters of classical Chinese (idiom); fig. semi-incomprehensible talk; double Dutch; all Greek to me
- 介乎 jièhū
- to lie between
- 傻乎乎 shǎhūhū
- feeble-minded; dim-witted
- 出乎意料 chūhūyìliào
- beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
- 合乎 héhū
- to accord with; conforming to
乎 in a sentence
我不在乎別人怎麼說。
Wǒ bú zàihū biérén zěnme shuō.
“I don't care what others say.”
How common is 乎?
乎 is the 458th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 73.9% of all running text.
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