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付

fù

HSK 4 Character

What 付 means

1. to pay
2. to hand over to
3. classifier for pairs or sets of things

Other readings

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

• Fùsurname Fu

Example sentences

• 我来付账。
  I'll pay the bill.
• 我来付钱。
  I'll pay.
• 我付了钱。
  I paid.
• 他很难对付。
  Tā hěn nán duìfu.
  He is hard to deal with.
• 我对付困难。
  Wǒ duìfu kùnnan.
  I am dealing with difficulties.
• 我想付现金。
  I'd like to pay in cash.

Words starting with 付

• 付款fù kuǎnto pay a sum of money; payment
• 付出fù chūto pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
• 付费fù fèito pay; to cover the costs
• 付钱fù qiánto pay
• 付给fù gěito deliver; to pay
• 付清fù qīngto pay in full; to pay all of a bill; to pay off
• 付诸fù zhūto apply to; to put into (practice etc); to put to (a test, a vote etc)
• 付账fù zhàngto settle an account
• 付诸实施fù zhū shí shīto put into practice; to carry out (idiom)
• 付方fù fāngcredit side (of a balance sheet), as opposed to 收方
• 付现fù xiànto pay in cash
• 付之度外fù zhī dù wàito think nothing of doing sth (idiom); to do sth without considering the risks…
• 付之东流fù zhī dōng liúto commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
• 付之行动fù zhī xíng dòngto put into action; to transform into acts
• 付款方式fù kuǎn fāng shìterms of payment; payment method
• 付款条件fù kuǎn tiáo jiànterms of payment
• 付印fù yìnto go to press; to submit for printing
• 付托fù tuōto entrust to
• 付诸东流fù zhū dōng liúwasted effort
• 付费墙fù fèi qiáng(computing) paywall (loanword)
• 付之丙丁fù zhī bǐng dīngto burn down (idiom)
• 付梓fù zǐ(literary) to send (a manuscript) to the press
• 付讫fù qìpaid
• 付之一叹fù zhī yī tànto dismiss with a sigh (idiom); a hopeless case

Words containing 付

• 应付yìng futo deal with; to cope
• 对付duì futo handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do…
• 支付zhī fùto pay (money)
• 交付jiāo fùto hand over; to deliver
• 托付tuō fùto entrust
• 预付yù fùto pay in advance; prepaid
• 给付jǐ fùto pay; payment
• 赔付péi fùto pay out; to compensate; (insurance) payment
• 分期付款fēn qī fù kuǎnto pay in installments; payment in installments
• 垫付diàn fùto pay sb else's expense with the expectation of being reimbursed by that person later
• 到付dào fùcollect on delivery (COD)
• 即付jí fùto pay on demand
• 实付shí fùactually paid; net (payment)
• 后付hòu fùpayment made afterwards; postpaid
• 承付chéng fùto promise to pay
• 照付zhào fùto pay as charged
• 现付xiàn fùto pay on the spot
• 议付yì fùnegotiation (finance)
• 首付shǒu fùdown payment
• 预付卡yù fù kǎprepaid card
• 首付款shǒu fù kuǎndown payment
• 可支付性kě zhī fù xìngaffordability
• 应付自如yìng fu zì rúto handle matters with ease (idiom); to hold one's own
• 应付过去yìng fu guò quto muddle through

Characters built on 寸

These share the phonetic component 寸 (cùn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 辱rǔdisgrace; dishonor; to insult
• 尃fūto state to, to announce

Characters that look like 付

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

• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 竹zhú(bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
• 忖cǔnto ponder; to speculate; to consider
• 什shénwhat

Sounds the same

Read fù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 副secondary; auxiliary; deputy
• 复to go and return; to return; to resume
• 附to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
• 负to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on
• 富rich; abundant; wealthy
• 父(bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation…
• 傅(bound form) instructor; (literary) to instruct; to attach
• 妇woman
• 覆to cover; to overflow; to overturn
• 赋poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on
• 咐used in 吩咐
• 腹abdomen; stomach; belly