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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fù | fu4
English translation
to bear
to carry (on one's back)
to turn one's back on
to be defeated
negative (math. etc)
load, burden; to carry, to bear

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Bèi

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A person  rén carrying a lot of money  Bèi

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⺈贝

Explanation

Simplified form of . Depicts a person ( rén ) carrying money ( bèi ) on his back.

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单位 dānwèi 负债 fù zhài shí jiē Guò lái le .

He took over the union when it was loaded with debt.

你们 nǐ men 公司 gōngsī de 行政 xíngzhèng 工作 gōngzuò yóu shuí 负责 fùzé ?

Who is in charge of the administration of your company?

国营 guó yíng 农场 nóng chǎng 试验田 huá gěi 这个 zhè ge 小组 xiǎo zǔ 负责 fùzé .

The state farm assigned the experimental plot to that group.

shuí lái 负责 fùzé zhè 损害 sǔn hài 赔偿金 péi cháng jīn ?

Who's going to foot the bill for the damage?

开始 kāishǐ zuò qián , hěn 细心 xì xīn de kān 题目 tímù 数字 shùzì qián shì zhēng háo 还是 háishi 负号 fù hào .

She carefully noted whether her math problems had pluses or minuses before she began her work.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
负责 fùzé to be in charge of負責
负责人 fù zé rén person in charge負責人
to bear
负担 fùdān burden負擔
欺负 qīfu to bully欺負
负面 fù miàn negative負面
胜负 shèngfù victory or defeat勝負
自负 zì fù conceited自負
辜负 gūfù to let down辜負
负债 fù zhài to be in debt負債
负荷 fù hè load負荷
背负 bēi fù to bear背負
负责任 fù zé rèn to take responsibility負責任
担负 dān fù to shoulder擔負
肩负 jiān fù to bear肩負
抱负 bàofù aspiration抱負
忘恩负义 wàng ēn fù yì to kick a benefactor in the teeth忘恩負義
负伤 fù shāng to be wounded負傷
负有 fù yǒu to be responsible for負有
超负荷 chāo fù hè excess load超負荷
如释重负 rú shì zhòng fù as if relieved from a burden (idiom)如釋重負
负载 fù zài load負載
重负 zhòng fù heavy load重負
负债累累 fù zhài lěi lěi deep in debt負債累累

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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