| 1 | 胡子 | 鬍子 | hú zi | hu2 zi5 | beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; Classifiers: 撮 ; (coll.) bandit | | |
| 2 | 胡 | 胡 | hú | Hu2 | beard; mustache; whiskers; see 胡同 ; non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和 ); surname Hu | | |
| 3 | 胡适 | 胡適 | hú shì | Hu2 Shi4 | Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白话文 | | |
| 4 | 胡耀邦 | 胡耀邦 | hú yào bāng | Hu2 Yao4 bang1 | Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician | | |
| 5 | 胡须 | 鬍鬚 | hú xū | hu2 xu1 | beard; Classifiers: 根 | | |
| 6 | 胡说 | 胡說 | hú shuō | hu2 shuo1 | to talk nonsense; drivel | | |
| 7 | 胡同 | 胡同 | hú tòng | hu2 tong4 | lane; alley; Classifiers: 条 ; variant of 胡同 | | |
| 8 | 胡闹 | 胡鬧 | hú nào | hu2 nao4 | to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble | | |
| 9 | 胡萝卜 | 胡蘿蔔 | hú luó bo | hu2 luo2 bo5 | carrot | | |
| 10 | 花里胡哨 | 花裡胡哨 | huā li hú shào | hua1 li5 hu2 shao4 | gaudy; flashy (but without substance) | | |
| 11 | 刮胡刀 | 刮鬍刀 | guā hú dāo | gua1 hu2 dao1 | razor | | |
| 12 | 胡扯八溜 | 胡扯八溜 | hú chě bā liū | hu2 che3 ba1 liu1 | to talk nonsense | | |
| 13 | 胡扯 | 胡扯 | hú chě | hu2 che3 | to chatter; nonsense; blather | | |
| 14 | 胡缠 | 胡纏 | hú chán | hu2 chan2 | to pester; to involve sb unreasonably | | |
| 15 | 胡编乱造 | 胡編亂造 | hú biān luàn zào | hu2 bian1 luan4 zao4 | to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom); to make things up | | |
| 16 | 胡编 | 胡編 | hú biān | hu2 bian1 | to make things up; to concoct (a story, an excuse etc) | | |
| 17 | 坠胡 | 墜胡 | zhuì hú | zhui4 hu2 | two-stringed bowed instrument; also called 坠琴 | | |
| 18 | 二胡 | 二胡 | èr hú | er4 hu2 | erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle); alto fiddle; Classifiers: 把 | | |
| 19 | 东胡 | 東胡 | dōng hú | Dong1 hu2 | Eastern barbarian; ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China | | |
| 20 | 丁卯胡乱 | 丁卯胡亂 | dīng mǎo hú luàn | Ding1 mao3 Hu2 luan4 | first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627) | | |
| 21 | 吹胡子瞪眼 | 吹鬍子瞪眼 | chuī hú zi dèng yǎn | chui1 hu2 zi5 deng4 yan3 | to get angry; to fume | | |
| 22 | 柴胡 | 柴胡 | chái hú | chai2 hu2 | Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense); root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM) | | |
| 23 | 北柴胡 | 北柴胡 | běi chái hú | bei3 chai2 hu2 | honewort; Cryptotaenia japonica | | |
| 24 | 板胡 | 板胡 | bǎn hú | ban3 hu2 | a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard | | |
| 25 | 八字胡须 | 八字鬍鬚 | bā zì hú xū | ba1 zi4 hu2 xu1 | mustache shaped like character 八 | | |