hū

hū

1. (intransitive) to rise, swell, inflate
2. to leaven, (by extension) to ferment
3. to surge, boil, flow, overflow

hū

1. to depart, stray off course; to miss (the way)

hū

1. to make a noise, roar, grunt
2. to call (out to), cooey
3. to hum, whistle

• manu hū (“hummingbird”)

hū

1. roar! (onomatopoeia)
2. huh!, ah!, wow! (expression of surprise or interest)

hū

1. a spinning top (i.e. “humming top”)

   Ho ʻoniniu i ka hū — To spin a top

hū

1. gum, especially of the ʻōlapa tree

hū

1. (variant of hui, “to unite, join”)

hū

1. commoners, populace, citizenry

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1957), “hū”, in English–Hawaiian Dictionary. In Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi‎, 2003

hū (Zhuyin ㄏㄨ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 乎
2. Pinyin transcription of 匢
3. Pinyin transcription of 匫
4. Pinyin transcription of 呼
5. Pinyin transcription of 唿
6. Pinyin transcription of 啒
7. Pinyin transcription of 嘑
8. Pinyin transcription of 垀
9. Pinyin transcription of 寣
10. Pinyin transcription of 峘
11. Pinyin transcription of 幠
12. Pinyin transcription of 忽
13. Pinyin transcription of 戈
14. Pinyin transcription of 戮
15. Pinyin transcription of 戰
16. Pinyin transcription of 抚
17. Pinyin transcription of 撪
18. Pinyin transcription of 昒
19. Pinyin transcription of 曶
20. Pinyin transcription of 欻
21. Pinyin transcription of 歑
22. Pinyin transcription of 泘
23. Pinyin transcription of 淴
24. Pinyin transcription of 滹
25. Pinyin transcription of 烀
26. Pinyin transcription of 烼
27. Pinyin transcription of 糆
28. Pinyin transcription of 膲
29. Pinyin transcription of 芋
30. Pinyin transcription of 芰
31. Pinyin transcription of 苸
32. Pinyin transcription of 虍
33. Pinyin transcription of 虖
34. Pinyin transcription of 謼
35. Pinyin transcription of 軚
36. Pinyin transcription of 軤
37. Pinyin transcription of 轷
38. Pinyin transcription of 雐

From Proto-Polynesian [Term?]. Cognate with Hawaiian hū.

hū

1. to make a loud noise
2. to call (out to), signal, cooey

hū

1. (onomatopoeia) boom!