Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

(surname); cholera

Chinese: 姓氏,也常见于音译词。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “huo” becomes a different word in each tone. 霍 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 挥霍huī huòto squander money; extravagant; prodigal; free and easy
  • 霍乱huò luàncholera
  • 霍地huò dìsuddenly; abruptly
  • 霍然huò ránsuddenly; quickly
  • 霍霍huò huò(literary) (onom.) sound of sharpening a knife; (coll.) to mess with; to cause harm to (sb or sth)

Example Sentence

他霍地站了起来,向门口走去。Tā huò de zhàn le qǐ lái, xiàng mén kǒu zǒu qù.He suddenly stood up and walked toward the door.

he霍地huò desuddenlyzhànstationle(completed action)起来qǐ láito stand upxiàngtoward门口mén kǒudoorway走去zǒu qùto walk over (to)