吼

• ピンイン: hǒu
• 漢字の分解: 口 (mouth radical) + 孔 (phonetic, meaning hole/opening) — a cry from a wide-open mouth

意味

吠える／怒鳴る

Describes a deep, powerful, and often frightening loud cry. Used for animals (lions roaring), people shouting in anger or excitement, and natural forces (wind howling). In northern dialect colloquial use, 吼 can also mean to call out to someone informally. The word often carries a sense of raw power and urgency.

例文

1. 狮子突然一声低沉的吼叫划破了草原的宁静，周围的动物们立刻四散逃窜。
2. 教练忍无可忍，站在场边大声吼道，让队员们打起精神，不要再散漫下去了。
3. 山谷中狂风大作，呼啸声犹如无数野兽在齐声吼叫，令人不寒而栗。

使い方ガイド

場面: animals, anger, sports, nature, colloquial

トーン: forceful

正しい言い方

• 裁判宣布比赛结果的瞬间，主场球迷们爆发出震天动地的欢呼和吼叫，整个体育场都在颤抖。(The moment the referee announced the result, the home fans erupted in a deafening roar of cheering and shouting that made the entire stadium tremble.)
• 她忍了很久，终于忍无可忍地对着电话大吼一声，把积压已久的委屈和愤怒一股脑儿发泄了出来。(After holding it in for a long time, she finally reached her limit and bellowed into the phone, venting all the pent-up grievance and anger she had bottled up.)

避ける言い方

• 吼 in formal written contexts to describe human speech — use 大声呼喊 or 厉声说道 in formal narration; 吼 is colloquial and carries a strong emotional, raw quality inappropriate for formal registers

起源と歴史

Pictophonetic character: 口 (mouth radical) + 孔 (phonetic) — a cry from the mouth; the character itself suggests a loud, open-mouthed roar

文化的背景

時代: Traditional to Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal