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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fú | fu2
English translation
not, negative

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

gōng

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

Two arrows  shù  pulled across a bow

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

gōng 丨丨

Explanation

A curved shape crossed out by two lines.

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弗雷德·希尔德伯特 sǒng 了耸那暄 de Kuān 肩膀 jiānbǎng .

Fred Hildebert shrugged his big soft shoulders.

弗烈 biē le 一肚子 yī dù zi 闷气,一直 yīzhí zài 抽雪前 yān .

Freddie had been puffing on his cigar angrily.

zhǔ ā , zài 心里 xīn li 默默 mòmò shuì , 但愿 dàn yuàn 真象 zhēn xiàng 弗雷迪· Ā 切尔 kuā de 那样 nà yàng 坚强 jiānqiáng .

Christ, he thought, I wish I were as solid as Freddy Archer thinks I am.

弗劳尔 zài 山坡 shān pō shǎng 失去 shīqù le duì 自行车 zìxíngchē de 控制 kòngzhì , zhuàng dào le 大树 Dà shù shǎng .

Flower lost control of his bike on the hill and ran into a tree.

知道 zhīdào 弗农?德默雷斯 zài dīng zhāo zhǎo chà .

He was aware of Vernon Demerest looking at him critically.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
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弗兰克 Fú lán kè Frank (name)弗蘭克
弗格森 Fú gé sēn Ferguson (surname)弗格森 Fú gé sēn
弗洛伊德 Fú luò yī dé Floyd (name)弗洛伊德 Fú luò yī dé
弗吉尼亚 Fú jí ní yà Virginia, US state弗吉尼亞
埃弗顿 Aī fú dùn Everton soccer team埃弗頓
弗吉尼亚州 Fú jí ní yà zhōu Virginia, US state弗吉尼亞州
克里斯托弗 Kè lǐ sī tuō fú (Warren) Christopher克里斯托弗 Kè lǐ sī tuō fú
弗雷 Fú léi Freyr (god in Norse mythology)弗雷 Fú léi
欣弗 Xīn fú brand name of an antibiotic injection blamed for a number of deaths in 2006欣弗 Xīn fú
弗拉基米尔 Fú lā jī mǐ ěr Vladimir弗拉基米爾
杰弗逊 Jié fú xùn Jefferson傑弗遜
弗里曼 Fú lǐ màn Freeman (surname)弗里曼 Fú lǐ màn

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