乎 hū
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hū
particle expresses question or doubt
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In Literary Chinese, final particle 乎 may turn a sentence into a question (Guoyu '乎' particle 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 38; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 139). For example, 賢者亦樂此乎?'Do wise and good princes also find pleasure in these things?' (Mengzi: 1.2/1/11, translation by Legge) -
hū
preposition
in
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '乎' preposition; Rouzer 2007, p. 38) -
hū
particle
marks a return question
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Marks a question that is a response to another question, used at the end of a sentence (Guoyu '乎' particle 2) -
hū
particle
marks a beckoning tone
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used at the end of a sentence (Guoyu '乎' particle 3) -
hū
particle
marks conjecture
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used at the end of a sentence (Guoyu '乎' particle 4) -
hū
particle
marks a pause
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used in the middle of a sentence (Guoyu '乎' particle 5) -
hū
particle
marks praise
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used at the end of a sentence (Guoyu '乎' particle 6) -
hū
interjection
ah; sigh
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Similar to 啊 (Guoyu '乎' interjection)
Contained in
- 譬喻问号(二) 智慧似海洋, 深乎浅乎? 戒律似老师, 是正是邪? 布施似耕耘, 有收无收? 供养似奉献, 真心假意? 美女似春花, 是久是暂? 欲望似饑渴, 太多太少? 语言似冬阳, 炙乎暖乎? 笑容似春风, 是真是假? 时间似车轮, 该快该慢? 精进似电力, 是动是停?(譬喻問號(二) 智慧似海洋, 深乎淺乎? 戒律似老師, 是正是邪? 布施似耕耘, 有收無收? 供養似奉獻, 真心假意? 美女似春花, 是久是暫? 欲望似饑渴, 太多太少? 語言似冬陽, 炙乎暖乎? 笑容似春風, 是真是假? 時間似車輪, 該快該慢? 精進似電力, 是動是停?) Metaphors (2) Wisdom is an ocean. Is it shallow or deep? Precepts are teachers. Are they righteous or not? Generosity is cultivation. Will there be harvests or not? Offering is dedication. Is it genuine or pretentious? Beauty is a spring blossom. Does it last long or short? Desire is thirst. Is it too much or too little? Words are the winter sun. Do they warm or burn? Smile is a spring breeze. Is it real or fake? Time is a cartwheel. Should it go fast or slow? Diligence is electricity. Should it energize or stop?
- 渐至乎如如(漸至乎如如) gradually arrive at suchness
- 至道实乎无言(至道實乎無言) the ultimate way truly cannot be expressed in words
Also contained in
好学近乎知,力行近乎仁,知耻近乎勇 、 之乎者也 、 视乎 、 忘乎所以 、 不在乎 、 几乎不 、 犹之乎 、 近乎 、 异乎寻常 、 介乎 、 卓乎不群 、 套近乎 、 玄乎 、 肉乎乎 、 超乎寻常 、 胖乎乎 、 渺乎其微 、 无怪乎 、 傻乎乎 、 出乎意外 、 满不在乎 、 知耻近乎勇 、 出乎 、 忙乎 、 热乎乎 、 合乎 、 几乎 、 殆哉圾乎 、 几乎完全 、 热乎 、 受命乎天 、 攻乎异端 、 出乎预料 、 满口之乎者也 、 在乎 、 于是乎 、 不亦乐乎 、 嗟乎 、 晕乎 、 断乎 、 似乎 、 不外乎 、 近乎同步 、 梳乎厘 、 关乎 、 微乎其微 、 并不在乎 、 油乎乎
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- Scroll 2 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 176
- Scroll 8 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 118
- Scroll 3 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 97
- Scroll 1 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 96
- Scroll 21 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apitan Ba Jiandu Lun) 阿毘曇八犍度論 — count: 94
- Scroll 2 Brahmaviśeṣacintīparipṛcchā (Chi Xin Fantian Suo Wen Jing) 持心梵天所問經 — count: 88
- Scroll 15 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 81
- Scroll 2 Chuan Fa Zhengzong Lun 傳法正宗論 — count: 80
- Scroll 7 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 78
- Scroll 14 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 75 , has English translation