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呼唤 (hū huàn) — to call out, to shout

Definition

呼唤 (hūhuàn) is 'to call out to' someone or 'to call for' something abstract — more literary than 喊 ('shout/yell'). Compared to 呼吁, it is personal/poetic; 呼吁 is a formal public appeal.

verb
to call outto shout

Examples

  • 呼唤。
    Tā zài rén qún zhōng dà shēng hū huàn zhe wǒ de míng zì.
    He called out my name loudly in the crowd.
  • ，呼唤。
    Chūn tiān lái le, dà dì hū huàn zhe xīn shēng.
    Spring is coming, and the earth calls for new life.
  • 呼唤。
    Zhè zhǒng zé rèn gǎn hū huàn tā lì jí xíng dòng.
    This sense of responsibility calls him to act immediately.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

呼hūcall
唤huàncall

The parts 呼 and 唤 both mean call, together describing calling out a name.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
乎
乎hū呼hū
Same sound today

呼 uses 口 (mouth) to show exhaling, calling, or shouting, and 乎 gives the sound.

Open 呼 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 喚; 唤 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
奐
奐huàn喚huàn
Same sound today

The traditional form 喚 pairs 口 (mouth) with 奐, which gives the pronunciation; the simplified 唤 is a later shorthand, and its right side is not the old sound part.

Open 唤 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Communication & Speech

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