呼吁 meaning in English

hūyù

to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to)

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 呼籲14 strokes

Meaning of 呼吁

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hūyù
  1. to call on (sb to do sth)
  2. to appeal (to)
  3. an appeal

呼吁 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men提tí出chū了le请qǐng求qiú支zhī持chí的de呼hū吁yù。
We made an appeal for support.
总zǒng统tǒng呼hū吁yù全quán国guó民mín众zhòng在zài对duì抗kàng贫pín穷qióng或huò疾jí病bìng的de时shí候hòu,一yí定dìng要yào团tuán结jié一yī致zhì。
The president called on the people to unite in fighting poverty and disease.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

呼 hū · to breathe · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

吁 xū · alas · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 呼吁.

呼吸hūxīto breathe
招呼zhāohuto call out to; to greet
称呼chēnghuto call; to address as; form of address; appellation
打招呼dǎ zhāohuto greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice
欢呼huānhūto cheer for; to acclaim
呼唤hūhuànto call out (a name etc); to shout
呼救hūjiùto call for help
呼声hūshēnga shout; fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
呼应hūyìngto conform (with); to echo
呼风唤雨hūfēng-huànyǔto call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers; fig. to stir up
呼叫hūjiàoto shout; to yell
深呼吸shēnhūxīto take a deep breath

Questions about 呼吁

What does 呼吁 mean?

呼吁 (hūyù) means "to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 呼吁?

呼吁 is made of 2 characters: 呼 (8 strokes), 吁 (6 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 呼吁 an HSK word?

Yes. 呼吁 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 呼吁 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 呼吁 is written 呼籲.