Usage of the character 狐
hú
狐
[狐]
- fox
Huǒhú
火狐
[火狐]
- Firefox (web browser)
yínhú
银狐
[銀狐]
- silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus)
- also written 玄狐
húli
狐狸
[狐狸]
- fox
- fig. sly and treacherous person
báihú
白狐
[白狐]
- arctic fox
húfú
狐蝠
[狐蝠]
- flying fox; fruit bat (genus Pteropus)
húhóu
狐猴
[狐猴]
- lemur
húchòu
狐臭
[狐臭]
- body odor
- bromhidrosis
xuánhú
玄狐
[玄狐]
- silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus)
Línghú
令狐
[令狐]
- old place name (in present-day Linyi County 臨猗縣／临猗县 ( Linyí Xiàn), Shanxi)
- two-character surname Linghu
chìhú
赤狐
[赤狐]
- red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Sōuhú
搜狐
[搜狐]
- Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
húnü
狐女
[狐女]
- fox lady
- in folk stories, a beautiful girl who will seduce you then reveal herself as a ghost
húyí
狐疑
[狐疑]
- to doubt; to suspect
húměng
狐獴
[狐獴]
- meerkat
huǒhú
火狐
[火狐]
- red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
- red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
lǎohúli
老狐狸
[老狐狸]
- old fox
- fig. cunning person
yěhúchán
野狐禅
[野狐禪]
- heresy
běijíhú
北极狐
[北極狐]
- arctic fox
ěrkuòhú
耳廓狐
[耳廓狐]
- fennec
- Vulpes zerda
Sōuhú Wǎng
搜狐网
[搜狐網]
- Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
Húlizuò
狐狸座
[狐狸座]
- Vulpecula (constellation)
húbùwǔ
狐步舞
[狐步舞]
- fox-trot (ballroom dance) (loanword)
jiǔwěihú
九尾狐
[九尾狐]
- nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
húlijīng
狐狸精
[狐狸精]
- fox-spirit
- vixen
- witch
- enchantress
gōuhuǒhúmíng
篝火狐鸣
[篝火狐鳴]
- to tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion
- an uprising is afoot (idiom)
húliwěiba
狐狸尾巴
[狐狸尾巴]
- lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions
- to reveal one's evil nature
- evidence that reveals the villain
shèshǔchénghú
社鼠城狐
[社鼠城狐]
- lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls; fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others' power to bully and exploit people
Línghú Défēn
令狐德棻
[令狐德棻]
- Linghu Defen (583-666), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Zhou of the Northern dynasties 周書／周书
húpénggǒuyǒu
狐朋狗友
[狐朋狗友]
- a pack of rogues (idiom); a gang of scoundrels
yǔhú-móupí
与狐谋皮
[與狐謀皮]
- (idiom) to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests (original form of the expression 與虎謀皮／与虎谋皮 (yuhu-mǒupi))
tùsǐhúbēi
兔死狐悲
[兔死狐悲]
- lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
Shāmòzhī Hú
沙漠之狐
[沙漠之狐]
- Desert Fox
húqúngǒudǎng
狐群狗党
[狐群狗黨]
- a skulk of foxes, a pack of dogs (idiom)
- a gang of rogues
hújiǎhǔwēi
狐假虎威
[狐假虎威]
- lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
húguǐshénxiān
狐鬼神仙
[狐鬼神仙]
- foxes, ghosts and immortals
- supernatural beings, usually fictional