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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pǔ | pu3
English translation
beach, shore, river bank; surname

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵甫

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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菲利浦 biē zhù 大笑 dà xiào 起来 qǐlai , 可是 kěshì 普赖斯小姐 xiǎojie de liǎn què le .

Philip was obliged to laugh, but Miss Price grew darkly red with anger.

斯脱伦浦夫年纪 niánjì xiǎo le ,风采 fēng cǎi 不如 bùrú Cóng qián , 而且 érqiě 实在 shízài tài pán .

Strumpff was not in her first youth and beauty, and certainly too stout.

zài 利物浦 Lì wù pǔ lǎng 雷恩 Léi ēn 公墓 gōng mù wéi 布赖恩·爱泼斯坦举行 jǔxíng le 私人 sīrén 葬礼 zàng lǐ

Brian Epstein was buried in a private ceremony at Long Lane Cemetery, Liverpool.

美丽 měilì de 塞浦路斯岛 shì 缔结 dì jié 良缘 liáng yuán de 美妙 měimiào 之地

The beautiful island of Cyprus is a magical place to get married.

功成名就 gōng chéng míng jiù 之后 zhī hòu 还是 háishi 舍不得 shěbude 离开 líkāi 深爱 shēn aì de 利物浦 Lì wù pǔ

Fame hasn't torn her away from her beloved Liverpool.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shore
利物浦 Lì wù pǔ Liverpool (England)利物浦 Lì wù pǔ
浦东 Pǔ dōng Pudong, subprovincial district of Shanghai浦東
飞利浦 Fēi lì pǔ Philips (company)飛利浦
塞浦路斯 Sài pǔ lù sī Cyprus塞浦路斯 Sài pǔ lù sī
浦东新区 Pǔ dōng xīn qū Pudong New District, subprovincial district of Shanghai浦東新區
黄浦江 Huáng pǔ jiāng Huangpu River in Shanghai黃浦江
浦江 Pǔ jiāng Pujiang county in Jinhua 金華|金华 Jīn huá [Jīn​huá], Zhejiang浦江 Pǔ jiāng
浦东机场 Pǔ dōng Jī chǎng Pudong Airport (Shanghai)浦東機場
青浦 Qīng pǔ Qingpu suburban district of Shanghai青浦 Qīng pǔ
杨浦区 Yáng pǔ qū Yangpu district, central Shanghai楊浦區
黄浦区 Huáng pǔ qū Huangpu district, central Shanghai黃浦區
黄浦 Huáng pǔ the main river through Shanghai黃浦
浦口 Pǔ kǒu Pukou district of Nanjing City 南京市 Nán jīng shì in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 Jiāng sū 浦口 Pǔ kǒu
漳浦 Zhāng pǔ Zhangpu county in Zhangzhou 漳州 Zhāng zhōu [Zhāng​zhōu], Fujian漳浦 Zhāng pǔ

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