呼吁 (hūyù) · to appeal

呼吁 (hūyù) means “to appeal; to call on; appeal”. It is written with 2 characters: 呼 (to breathe) + 吁 (alas). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).

How 呼吁 is built

What 呼 is made of

口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
  - 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
乎hū — interrogative or exclamatory final particle
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丷ha — kwukyel
  - 丶 — dot

Origin hint: 口 gives the meaning, 乎 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

What 吁 is made of

口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
  - 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
于yú — at
- 二 — two strokes
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook

医生呼吁大家少吃糖。Yīshēng hūyù dàjiā shǎo chī táng.Doctors are calling on people to eat less sugar.

他们呼吁社会关心老人。Tāmen hūyù shèhuì guānxīn lǎorén.They appealed to society to care for the elderly.

What does 呼吁 mean?

呼吁 (hūyù) means “to appeal; to call on; appeal”.

How do you pronounce 呼吁?

呼吁 is pronounced hūyù.

Which HSK level is 呼吁?

呼吁 is in Old HSK 6.

Learn 呼吁 with its group

It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 79: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.