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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fù | fu4
English translation
to go and return
to return
to resume
to return to a normal or original state
to repeat
again
to recover
to restore
to turn over
to reply
to answer
to reply to a letter
to retaliate
to carry out
to double
to overlap
complex (not simple)
compound
composite
double
diplo-
duplicate
overlapping
to duplicate
variant of
>[fù]
again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

suī

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A person rén who goes  somewhere  zhǐ  every day 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

rén 日夂

Explanation

Pictograph of a foot going toward a house, representing the meaning "to return home".

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硅烷偶联剂用于 yòng yú 许多 xǔduō 通用 tōngyòng de 砂子 shā zi 环氧 xíng 复合材料 fù hé cái liào Zhōng .

Silane coupling agents are also used in many commercial sand - epoxy - type composites.

这道虽然 suīrán 错综复杂 cuò zōng fù zá , dàn yòng 电子计算机 diàn zǐ jì suàn jī 很快 jiù Néng Xiè chū .

Although the problem is intricate and complex, it can be solved very quickly with an electronic computer.

chūn huí 大地 dà dì , 万物 wàn wù 复苏 fù sū shì 令人 lìng rén 异常 yìcháng 喜悦 xǐyuè de Duàn 时光 shíguāng .

The return of spring, and the revivification of nature, is a period hailed with uncommon delight.

孩子 háizi men dōu 做声 zuò shēng , 互相 hùxiāng 敌视 díshì , 报复 bàofù xīn Qiáng , 不断 bùduàn de jiào 饿 è .

The children were silent, hostile, vindictive, continuously complaining of hunger.

xià jiē Zhōng 还要讨论 tǎolùn zhǒng 复杂 fùzá de 地质 dìzhì 条件 tiáojiàn .

A few complex geological environments are discussed in a later section.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
恢复 huīfù to reinstate恢復
回复 huí fù to reply回復
复杂 fùzá complicated複雜
重复 chóngfù to repeat重複
报复 bàofù revenge報復
to return
反复 fǎnfù repeatedly反覆
康复 kāng fù to recuperate康復
复仇 fù chóu to avenge復仇
复制 fùzhì to duplicate複製
修复 xiūfù to restore修復
复活 fùhuó resurrection復活
答复 dáfù to answer答覆
复习 fùxí to review復習
复合 fù hé complex複合
复发 fù fā to reappear復發
复苏 fù sū anabiosis復蘇
复古 fù gǔ to turn back the clock復古
复原 fù yuán recovery復原
复活节 Fù huó jié Easter復活節
复印件 fù yìn jiàn photocopy複印件
复查 fù chá rechecking復查
复印 fùyìn to photocopy複印
复兴 Fùxīng Fuxing district of Handan city 邯鄲市|邯郸市 Hán dān shì [Hán​dān​shì], Hebei復興
日复一日 rì fù yī rì day after day日復一日

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