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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fú | fu2
English translation
to take prisoner
prisoner of war
prisoner of war; take as prisoner

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

person

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻孚

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

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zài měi 一次 yī cì 碰撞 pèng zhuàng 之后 zhī hòu 百年 bǎi nián ,这些 zhè xiē suì xiè yòu bèi 重新 chóngxīn 俘虏 fúlǔ .

This debris was recaptured a few hundred years after each collision.

xiàn zài , 战俘 zhàn fú 身穿 shēn chuān 蓝色 lán sè 服装 fúzhuāng , jiān gāng 来福 Qiāng , zài 军营 jūn yíng qián 大胆 dà dǎn de zǒu 来走去.

Now, dressed in a blue uniform and with a rifle over his shoulder, the prisoner marched boldly up and down in front of the camp.

战俘 zhàn fú 杀死 shā sǐ 卫兵 wèi bīng Hòu , 很快 tuō jìn ǎi 树丛 shù cóng Zhōng .

When he had killed the guard, the prisoner of war quickly dragged him into the bushes.

描述 miáo shù le 被俘4 yuè 挣扎 zhēngzhá 求生 qiú shēng de 艰难 jiānnán 岁月 suìyuè

He described the difficulties of surviving for four months as a captive.

de 士兵 shìbīng 袭击 xíjī le 瓜扎坦擒获 qín huò le 一名俘虏 fúlǔ

His men made a sortie to Guazatan and took a prisoner.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
俘虏 fúlǔ captive俘虜
战俘 zhàn fú prisoner of war戰俘
俘获 fú huò to capture (enemy property or personnel)俘獲
to take prisoner
捕俘 bǔ fú to capture enemy personnel (for intelligence purposes)捕俘 bǔ fú
伤俘 shāng fú wounded and captured傷俘

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Decomposition

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