When we read the Chinese newspapers, or watch the Chinese video, and then, or communicate with Chinese friends, we will find that Chinese people will use a number of popular words. There are a lot of popular words in Chinese. Learning popular words is an important stage of learning Chinese.

These popular words tend to be more concise, but its significance has been more abundant. When Understanding them, we can not focus only on the surface meaning, otherwise, they would understand it correctly. So, learning Chinese popular words is very important for foreign friends. Toady, we will learn a popular word: 忽悠 (hū you) Hoodwink on the Chinese lesson.

Where does it originate?
忽悠(hū you) is an often-used word in northern area of China and it originates from the word 胡诱(hú yòu), which means recklessly misleading. It became popular from a witty skit "selling crutches" 卖拐(mài guăi), which is created by the comic stars Zhao Benshan, Fan Wei and Gao Xiumin in the Spring Festival Gala Evening in 2001. Since then, it has been widely spread on the internet and in daily life.

What does it mean?
The word 忽悠(hū you) means "sway" in its literal sense. Figuratively speaking, it means "to hoodwink or sway someone into doing something with flattery or by boasting."

Where is it used?
According to the meaning of 忽悠(hū you),it is used in the following contexts:
(1) to doubt;
e.g.: 你别忽悠我了。(nĭ bié hū you wŏ le.)
         Don't cheat me any more.
(2) to describe a great talker;
e.g.: 这个人可真能忽悠, 没事老忽悠人。(zhè ge rén kĕ zhēn néng hū you, méi shì lăo hū you rén.)
         He is really a great talker and plays tricks now and then.
(3) to instigate and persuade.
e.g.: 我们去忽悠忽悠他。(wŏ men qù hū you hū you tā.)
         Let's persuade him.

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