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伏

fú

HSK 6 Character

What 伏 means

1. to lean over
2. to fall (go down)
3. to hide (in ambush)
4. to conceal oneself
5. to lie low
6. hottest days of summer
7. to submit
8. to concede defeat
9. to overcome
10. to subdue
11. volt

Other readings

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

• Fúsurname Fu

Example sentences

• 伏特加在哪里？
  Fútèjiā zài nǎlǐ?
  Where's the vodka?
• 生活中有高低起伏。
  Shēnghuó zhōng yǒu gāodī qǐfú.
  In life there are ups and downs.
• 近来进入三伏天了。
  Lately, we've entered the dog days of summer.
• 人生充满了高低起伏。
  Rénshēng chōngmǎn le gāodī qǐfú.
  Life is full of ups and downs.
• 你只好隐伏几个星期。
  You'd better lie low for a few weeks.
• Tom在别的房间喝伏特加。
  T om zài biéde fángjiān hē fútèjiā.
  Tom is in the other room drinking vodka.

Words starting with 伏

• 伏羲Fú xīFuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852–2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing…
• 伏击fú jīambush; to ambush
• 伏特加fú tè jiā(loanword) vodka
• 伏笔fú bǐforeshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)
• 伏地fú dìto lie prostrate
• 伏案fú ànto bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc)
• 伏兵fú bīnghidden troops; ambush
• 伏安fú ānvolt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits)
• 伏法fú fǎto be executed
• 伏流fú liúhidden stream; ground stream
• 伏特fú tè(loanword) volt
• 伏线fú xiànforeshadowing (literary device)
• 伏卧fú wòlying down; to lie prostrate; prone
• 伏地魔Fú dì móLord Voldemort, villain in the Harry Potter series
• 伏尔泰Fú ěr tàiVoltaire (1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer and philosopher
• 伏牛山Fú niú ShānFuniu Mountains in southwestern Henan, eastern extension of the Qinling mountain range…
• 伏特计fú tè jìvoltmeter
• 伏都教Fú dū jiàoVoodoo
• 伏隔核fú gé hénucleus accumbens (anatomy)
• 伏地挺身fú dì tǐng shēn(Taiwan) push-up (exercise)
• 伏尔加河Fú ěr jiā HéVolga River
• 伏尔加格勒Fú ěr jiā gé lèVolgograd, city in Russia on the Volga River 伏尔加河
• 伏罗希洛夫Fú luó xī luò fūKliment Voroshilov (1881–1969), Soviet politician and military commander
• 伏虎fú hǔto subdue a tiger; fig. to prevail over sinister forces

Words containing 伏

• 起伏qǐ fúto move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs
• 埋伏mái fúto ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low
• 此起彼伏cǐ qǐ bǐ fúup here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession…
• 潜伏qián fúto hide; to cover up; to conceal
• 蛰伏zhé fúhibernation; living in seclusion
• 中伏zhōng fúthe second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏
• 倒伏dǎo fú(of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat
• 光伏guāng fúphotovoltaic (e.g. cell)
• 入伏rù fúthe hottest part of summer sets in
• 出伏chū fúto come to the end of the hottest period of the year (known as 三伏
• 初伏chū fúthe first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏
• 制伏zhì fúto overpower; to overwhelm; to subdue
• 平伏píng fúto pacify; to calm; calm
• 数伏shǔ fúto mark the start of the hottest period of the year, known as 三伏天
• 末伏mò fúthe third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏
• 款伏kuǎn fúto obey; faithfully following instructions; to admit guilt
• 设伏shè fúto prepare an ambush; to waylay
• 降伏xiáng fúto subdue; to vanquish; to tame
• 隐伏yǐn fúto hide; to lie low
• 潜伏期qián fú qīincubation period (of disease)
• 电子伏diàn zǐ fúelectron volt (unit of energy used in particle physics, approximately 10⁻¹⁹ joules)
• 光伏器件guāng fú qì jiànphotovoltaic device (e.g. solar cell)
• 吉电子伏jí diàn zǐ fúgiga electron volt GeV (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹⁰ joules)
• 思潮起伏sī cháo qǐ fúthoughts surging in one's mind (idiom); different thoughts coming to mind

Characters built on 犬

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

• 突tūto dash; to move forward quickly; to bulge
• 狱yùprison
• 哭kūto cry; to weep
• 倏shūsudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. shù

Characters that look like 伏

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

• 优yōuexcellent; superior
• 伙huǒ(bound form) meals (as in 伙食; variant of 伙
• 沃wòfertile; rich; to irrigate
• 扰rǎoto disturb
• 妩wǔused in 妩媚
• 伉kàngspouse; big and tall; strong

Sounds the same

Read fú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 服clothes; dress; garment
• 福good fortune; happiness; luck
• 符mark; sign; talisman
• 佛used in 仿佛
• 幅width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
• 扶to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something
• 浮to float; superficial; floating
• 辐spoke of a wheel
• 俘to take prisoner; prisoner of war
• 袱(bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover
• 弗(literary) not; used in transliteration
• 芙used in 芙蓉