挥霍 揮霍
挥霍 揮霍 huī huò ㄏㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄛˋ fai1 fok3
- to squander money
- extravagant
- prodigal
- free and easy
- agile
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挥 揮
- 指挥 指揮 zhǐ huī ㄓˇ ㄏㄨㄟ zi2 fai1 to conduct
- 发挥 發揮 fā huī ㄈㄚ ㄏㄨㄟ faat3 fai1 to display
- 挥别 揮別 huī bié ㄏㄨㄟ ㄅㄧㄝˊ fai1 bit6 to wave goodbye
- 挥动 揮動 huī dòng ㄏㄨㄟ ㄉㄨㄥˋ fai1 dung6 to wave sth
- 挥师 揮師 huī shī ㄏㄨㄟ ㄕ fai1 si1 in command of the army
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- 挥戈 揮戈 huī gē ㄏㄨㄟ ㄍㄜ fai1 gwo1 to brandish a spear
- 挥手 揮手 huī shǒu ㄏㄨㄟ ㄕㄡˇ fai1 sau2 to wave (one's hand)
- 挥斥 揮斥 huī chì ㄏㄨㄟ ㄔˋ fai1 cik1 to chide
- 挥杆 揮桿 huī gān ㄏㄨㄟ ㄍㄢ fai1 gon1 swing (golf)
- 挥毫 揮毫 huī háo ㄏㄨㄟ ㄏㄠˊ fai1 hou4 to write or draw with a brush
- 挥汗 揮汗 huī hàn ㄏㄨㄟ ㄏㄢˋ fai1 hon6 to sweat profusely
- 挥泪 揮淚 huī lèi ㄏㄨㄟ ㄌㄟˋ fai1 leoi6 to shed tears
- 挥洒 揮灑 huī sǎ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄙㄚˇ fai1 saa2 to sprinkle
- 挥发 揮發 huī fā ㄏㄨㄟ ㄈㄚ fai1 faat3 to volatilize
- 挥翰 揮翰 huī hàn ㄏㄨㄟ ㄏㄢˋ fai1 hon6 (literary) to wield a writing brush
- 挥舞 揮舞 huī wǔ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄨˇ fai1 mou5 to brandish
- 挥麈 揮麈 huī zhǔ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄓㄨˇ fai1 zyu2 to brandish
- 指挥官 指揮官 zhǐ huī guān ㄓˇ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄍㄨㄢ zi2 fai1 gun1 commander
- 指挥家 指揮家 zhǐ huī jiā ㄓˇ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄚ zi2 fai1 gaa1 (music) conductor
- 指挥棒 指揮棒 zhǐ huī bàng ㄓˇ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄅㄤˋ zi2 fai1 paang5 baton
霍
- 霍乱 霍亂 huò luàn ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ fok3 lyun6 cholera
- 炉霍 爐霍 Lú huò ㄌㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ lou4 fok3 see 炉霍县
- 卫霍 衛霍 Wèi Huò ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ wai6 fok3 abbr. for generals Wei Qing 卫青 and Huo Qubing 霍去病 of Western Han 西汉, famous for their success in quelling the Xiongnu barbarian invaders
- 霍丘 Huò qiū ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄡ fok3 jau1 variant of 霍邱
- 霍地 huò dì ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ fok3 dei6 suddenly; abruptly
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- 霍城 Huò chéng ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄥˊ fok3 sing4 see 霍城县
- 霍山 Huò shān ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄢ fok3 saan1 see 霍山县
- 霍州 Huò zhōu ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄡ fok3 zau1 see 霍州市
- 霍德 Huò dé ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄜˊ fok3 dak1 Ford (name)
- 霍然 huò rán ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ fok3 jin4 suddenly
- 霍尔 霍爾 Huò ěr ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄦˇ fok3 ji5 Hall (name)
- 霍赛 霍賽 Huò sài ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄞˋ fok3 coi3 Jose (name)
- 霍邱 Huò qiū ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄡ fok3 jau1 see 霍邱县
- 霍金 Huò jīn ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄣ fok3 gam1 Hawkins or Hawking
- 霍霍 huò huò ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ fok3 fok3 (literary) (onom.) sound of sharpening a knife
- 霍顿 霍頓 Huò dùn ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ fok3 deon6 Hotton, Holden, Wharton, Houghton etc (name)
- 炉霍县 爐霍縣 Lú huò Xiàn ㄌㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ lou4 fok3 jyun6 Luhuo, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan
- 纳瓦霍 納瓦霍 Nà wǎ huò ㄋㄚˋ ㄨㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ naap6 ngaa5 fok3 Navajo
- 莫霍面 Mò huò miàn ㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ mok6 fok3 min6 Moho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosphere)
- 锡霍特 錫霍特 Xī huò tè ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄜˋ sek3 fok3 dak6 Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
Idioms with these characters
- 挥毫洒墨 揮毫灑墨 huī háo sǎ mò ㄏㄨㄟ ㄏㄠˊ ㄙㄚˇ ㄇㄛˋ fai1 hou4 saa2 mak6 to wield a writing brush (idiom)
- 挥霍无度 揮霍無度 huī huò wú dù ㄏㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄨˊ ㄉㄨˋ fai1 fok3 mou4 dou6 (idiom) to squander recklessly; to spend extravagantly
- 挥金如土 揮金如土 huī jīn rú tǔ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨˇ fai1 gam1 jyu4 tou2 lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)