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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fù | fu4
English translation
to order
to instruct; to order

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口付

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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de 医生 yīshēng 嘱咐 zhǔfù 戒酒 jiè jiǔ .

His doctor ordered him to abstain from beer and wine.

护士 hùshi 护士 hùshi Xiàng 道别 dào bié ,嘱咐 zhǔfù 出院 chū yuàn Hòu gāi le zuò .

Doctors and nurses, to say theirss goodbyes and give orders.

zhào de 吩咐 fēnfù 所有 suǒyǒu de 兵器 bīng qì dōu nuó zǒu le ?

Have you removed all the weapons as I bade you?

特雷莎 Tè léi shā 告诉 gàosu 他们 tā men 所有 suǒyǒu de 电话 diàn huà dōu Bié guà 吩咐 fēnfù 她的服装 fúzhuāng Shī

"Tell them to hold all my calls, Theresa," she instructed her dresser.

hěn 善于 shànyú ràng 男人 nán rén yǐn de 吩咐 fēnfù

She is very clever at getting men to do her bidding!

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
吩咐 fēnfù to tell吩咐 fēnfù
嘱咐 zhǔfù to tell囑咐
to order

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Decomposition

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