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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pù | pu4
English translation
store, shop; bunk, bed

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shé

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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house

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

舍甫

Semantic compound

shě

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shop
店铺 diàn pù store店鋪
铺设 pū shè to install (wiring, cable)鋪設
铺盖 pū gài bedding鋪蓋
当铺 dàng pù pawn shop當舖
床铺 chuáng pù bed床鋪
铺天盖地 pū tiān gài dì omnipresent鋪天蓋地
铺路 pū lù to lay a road鋪路
铺床 pū chuáng to make a bed鋪床
铺垫 pū diàn bedcover鋪墊
铺子 pù zi store鋪子
卧铺 wò pù a couchette臥鋪
铺平 pū píng to spread out (material)鋪平
铺位 pù wèi bunk鋪位
铺张浪费 pū zhāng làng fèi extravagance and waste (idiom)鋪張浪費
铺张 pū zhāng ostentation鋪張
铺面 pū miàn paving鋪面
商铺 shāng pù shop商舖
铺轨 pū guǐ to lay railway track鋪軌

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