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呼呼

呼呼

Chinese

		to call; to cry; to shout to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale	to call; to cry; to shout to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale
simp. and trad. (呼呼)		呼	呼

Noun

呼呼

(onomatopoeia) the sound of the wind or the breathing of somebody who is sound asleep, the sound of snoring

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hūhū

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄏㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ fu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: hūhū
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄏㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huhu
  - IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    乎乎
    呼呼
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu¹ fu¹
  - Yale: fū fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/