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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fū | fu1
English translation
to spread
to lay out
to apply (powder, ointment etc)
sufficient (to cover)
enough
to apply, to paint, to spread

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

旉攵

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

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秦地罗敷, cǎi Sāng 绿水 lǜ shuǐ biān .

The lovely Lo Fo of the western land Plucks mulberry leaves by the waterside.

yòng zhè 药膏 yào gāo Hòu , de jiǎo huì 感到 gǎn dào 舒服 shūfu xiē .

Your foot will feel better after the application of this ointment.

学会 xué huì le 自己 zìjǐ gěi 房子 fáng zi 拉接电线 diàn xiàn 敷设 fū shè 水管 shuǐ guǎn

She learned to wire and plumb the house herself.

尽管 jǐnguǎn 那部电影 diànyǐng 不乏 bù fá 亮点 liàng diǎn dàn 还是 háishi 觉得 juéde 过于 guòyú 敷衍了事 fū yǎn liǎo shì

Despite the film's merits I felt it was too pat.

水箱 shuǐ xiāng 屋顶 wū dǐng dōu 需要 xūyào 敷设 fū shè 严密 yánmì de 保温层

Water tanks should be well lagged and the roof well insulated.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to spread
敷衍 fūyǎn perfunctory敷衍 fūyǎn
入不敷出 rù bù fū chū unable to make ends meet入不敷出 rù bù fū chū
敷衍了事 fū yǎn liǎo shì to skimp敷衍了事 fū yǎn liǎo shì
外敷 wài fū to apply externally外敷 wài fū
热敷 rè fū hot compress熱敷
冷敷 lěng fū cold compress冷敷 lěng fū
敷料 fū liào medical dressing敷料 fū liào
敷设 fū shè to lay敷設
敷衍塞责 fū yǎn sè zé to skimp on the job敷衍塞責
敷贴 fū tiē to smear敷貼
敷陈 fū chén a thorough narrative敷陳

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