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仆

pú

Character Traditional 僕

What 仆 means

1. servant

Other readings

仆 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• pūto fall forward; to fall prostrate

Example sentences

• 连他的仆人都鄙视他
  Lián tā de púrén dōu bǐshì tā
  Even his servants despised him.
• 汤姆让他的仆人们在黑暗下进餐。
  Tāngmǔ ràng tā de púrén men zài hēi'àn xià jìncān.
  Tom made his servants eat in the dark.
• 心灵应该当一个好仆人，但心应该是主人。
  Xīnlíng yīnggāi dāng yī gè hǎo púrén, dàn xīn yīnggāi shì zhǔrén.
  The mind should be a good servant, but the heart should be the master.
• 江枫的仆人雇了十二生肖杀江枫，他们伏击了江枫和江枫的妻子月奴。
  Jiāng Fēng de púrén gù le Shí èr Shēngxiào shā Jiāng Fēng, tāmen fújī le Jiāng Fēng hé Jiāng Fēng de qīzi Yuènú.
  Jiang Feng's servant hired the "Twelve Zodiacs" to kill him. They ambushed him and his wife Yuenu.

Words starting with 仆

• 仆人pú rénservant
• 仆街pū jiēdrop dead!; go to hell!; fuck you! (Cantonese)
• 仆役pú yìservant
• 仆欧pú ōu(old) waiter (loanword from "boy"); attendant

Words containing 仆

• 女仆nǚ púfemale servant; maid
• 公仆gōng púpublic servant
• 风尘仆仆fēng chén pú púlit. covered in dust (idiom); fig. travel-worn
• 奴仆nú púservant
• 主仆zhǔ púmaster and servant
• 前仆后继qián pū hòu jìone falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades…
• 太仆tài púministerial title in imperial China…
• 臣仆chén púservant
• 太仆寺Tài pú sìCourt of imperial stud, office originally charged with horse breeding…
• 太仆寺旗Tài pú sì QíTaibus Banner in Xilingol League 锡林郭勒盟
• 更仆难数gēng pú nán shǔtoo many to count; very many; innumerable
• 狼仆láng pú(old) henchman
• 太仆寺卿Tài pú sì qīngMinister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding
• 僮仆tóng púboy servant

Characters that look like 仆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 仔zǐ(bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young; (bound form) fine; detailed

Sounds the same

Read pú, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 濮name of a river; surname Pu
• 脯chest; breast
• 菩used in 菩萨; used in 菩提
• 匍used in 匍匐
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