高呼 (gāo hū) — to shout loudly; to cheer (in support or celebration)

Definition

verb
to shout loudlyto cheer (in support or celebration)

Examples

  • 。
    Qún zhòng zài guǎng chǎng shàng gāo hū kǒu hào.
    The crowd shouted slogans loudly in the square.
  • ,高呼。
    Shèng lì de xiāo xi chuán lái, rén men gāo hū qǐ lái.
    When news of victory arrived, people cheered.
  • 高呼。
    Guān zhòng men gāo hū zhe yùn dòng yuán de míng zì.
    The audience cheered the athlete's name.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

呼hūshout

高 names a loud, raised manner, and 呼 names the act of shouting.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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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.

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