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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fǔ | fu3
English translation
seat of government
government repository (archive)
official residence
mansion
presidential palace
(honorific) Your home
prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
prefect; prefecture, government

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

广 Guǎng

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

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wide

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

广付

Semantic compound

广 Guǎng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 广 Guǎng represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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两汉 liǎng Hàn shǔ 荆州 Jīng zhōu guì yáng jùn zhēn yáng xiàn de .

Guiyang Jingzhou Prefecture is Han Zhen Zhongyang county to county.

已经 yǐjīng 45 suì , 中等 zhōng děng 身材 shēncái , ǎi 矮胖 aǐ pàng pán de , 完全 wánquán shì 胸无城府 xiōng wú chéng fǔ de .

He was forty - five years of age, of medium height, fairly thick - set, not at all unprepossessing.

可以 kěyǐ dài guàng 王府井 Wáng fǔ jǐng 大街 dà jiē shǎng de 商店 shāngdiàn .

I can show you the shops in Wangfujing Street.

每周 měi zhōu shǎng tiān zài 高等 gāo děng 学府 xué fǔ hěn 普遍 pǔbiàn .

The five - day week is now usual in institutions of higher learning.

何得贾府乐此俗套 sú tào ?

How could the Jia family sink to such vulgarity?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
政府 zhèngfǔ government政府 zhèngfǔ
市政府 shì zhèng fǔ city hall市政府 shì zhèng fǔ
mansion
首府 shǒu fǔ capital city of an autonomous region首府 shǒu fǔ
县政府 xiàn zhèng fǔ county administration縣政府
幕府 mù fǔ administration of a military government幕府 mù fǔ
华府 Huá fǔ Washington, D.C.華府
总统府 zǒng tǒng fǔ presidential palace總統府
中央政府 zhōng yāng zhèng fǔ central government中央政府 zhōng yāng zhèng fǔ
政府军 zhèng fǔ jūn government army政府軍
无政府主义 wú zhèng fǔ zhǔ yì anarchism無政府主義
王府 wáng fǔ prince's mansion王府 wáng fǔ
学府 xué fǔ educational establishment學府
官府 guān fǔ authorities官府 guān fǔ
府邸 fǔ dǐ mansion house府邸 fǔ dǐ
反政府 fǎn zhèng fǔ anti-government (protest)反政府 fǎn zhèng fǔ
城府 chéng fǔ subtle城府 chéng fǔ
府上 fǔ shàng residence府上 fǔ shàng
王府井 Wáng fǔ jǐng Wangfujing neighborhood of central Beijing, famous for shopping王府井 Wáng fǔ jǐng
联邦政府 lián bāng zhèng fǔ federal government聯邦政府
冥府 míng fǔ hell冥府 míng fǔ
天府 Tiān fǔ land of plenty天府 Tiān fǔ

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