Traditional: 鬍子
胡子 (hú zi) means “beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; (coll.) bandit”. It is an HSK 5 Chinese word (traditional 鬍子) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Measure word: 撮,根
Practice each character:
他留了一把胡子。
Tā liú le yī bǎ húzi.
He grew a beard.
Updated: 2026-07-18