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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fǔ | fu3
English translation
variant of [fǔ]
to bow down, to face down, to look down

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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person

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻府

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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俯身 fǔ shēn shè 纸张 zhǐ zhāng .

She stooped down to pick up the paper.

横眉冷对千夫指 héng méi lěng duì qiān fū zhǐ , 俯首甘为孺子牛.

Fierce - browed , I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers ; headbowed , like a willing ox I serve the children.

俯身 fǔ shēn zài 阳台 yángtái 栏杆 lán gān shǎng duì 楼下 lóu xià de 人们 rén men hǎn zhāo .

She leaned over the balustrade and shouted to the man downstairs.

Yǎng shǒu shì chūn , 俯首 fǔ shǒu shì Qiū , yuè yuán shì huà , yuè quē shì Shī .

Crowd is spring, autumn moon, beck's paintings, moon is poetry.

警方 jǐng fāng 发现 fāxiàn 俯卧 fǔ wò zhāo , bēi shǎng yǒu Dāo .

The police found him in a prone position with a knife in his back.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
俯卧撑 fǔ wò chēng push-up俯臥撐
俯瞰 fǔ kàn to overlook俯瞰 fǔ kàn
to stoop
俯视 fǔshì to overlook俯視
俯冲 fǔ chōng to dive down fast俯衝
俯身 fǔ shēn to lean over俯身 fǔ shēn
俯卧 fǔ wò to lie prone俯臥
俯首 fǔ shǒu to bend one's head俯首 fǔ shǒu
俯首称臣 fǔ shǒu chēng chén to bow before (idiom)俯首稱臣
俯仰 fǔ yǎng (fig.) small move俯仰 fǔ yǎng
俯拾皆是 fǔ shí jiē shì fig. extremely common俯拾皆是 fǔ shí jiē shì
俯伏 fǔ fú to lie prostrate俯伏 fǔ fú
前俯后仰 qián fǔ hòu yǎng to rock one's body backward and forward前俯後仰
俯首帖耳 fǔ shǒu tiē ěr at sb's beck and call俯首帖耳 fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
俯拾即是 fǔ shí jí shì fig. extremely common俯拾即是 fǔ shí jí shì
俯就 fǔ jiù to deign俯就 fǔ jiù
俯仰之间 fǔ yǎng zhī jiān in a flash俯仰之間
俯仰无愧 fǔ yǎng wú kuì to have a clear conscience俯仰無愧
与世俯仰 yǔ shì fǔ yǎng to swim with the tide (idiom)與世俯仰

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