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fǒu

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fǒu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fǒu | fou3
English translation
to negate
to deny
not
no, not, un-; final particle
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pǐ | pi3
English translation
clogged
evil

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About fǒu

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

fǒu

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

no

Etymology of fǒu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

不口

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

kǒu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and kǒu represents the sound.

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Example sentences using fǒu

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甚至 shènzhì 总统 zǒngtǒng 否认 fǒurèn zhǒng 谣传 yáo chuán .

Even the President helped out in this particular deception.

能否 néng fǒu wéi 详细 xiángxì 解说 jiě shuō guì 中心 zhōngxīn de 各项服务 fú wù ?

Can you break down what kind of services you have here?

Wén Wén 这块 ròu ,告诉 gàosu 是否 shìfǒu huài le .

You smell at this meat and tell me if it's gone bad.

这门 Xīn yāo yòng de Shū 是否 shìfǒu 已经 yǐjīng gěi 所有 suǒyǒu 学生 xuésheng le ?

Have all the students been issued with books for the new course?

能否 néng fǒu gěi xiē guì 公司 gōngsī gēng 详细 xiángxì de 资料 zīliào ?

Could you give me more details about your company?

Words with fǒu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
是否 shìfǒu if是否 shìfǒu
否则 fǒuzé if not否則
能否 néng fǒu whether or not能否 néng fǒu
否认 fǒurèn to deny否認
fǒu not fǒu
否定 fǒudìng to negate否定 fǒudìng
否决 fǒujué to veto否決
可否 kě fǒu is it possible or not?可否 kě fǒu
与否 yǔ fǒu whether or not (at the end of a phrase)與否
否决权 fǒu jué quán veto power否決權
不置可否 bù zhì kě fǒu decline to comment不置可否 bù zhì kě fǒu
矢口否认 shǐ kǒu fǒu rèn to deny flatly矢口否認
否极泰来 pǐ jí tài lái extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)否極泰來

fǒu Decomposition & Compounds

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fǒu Decomposition

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fǒu Compounds

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