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俯

fǔ

HSK 6 Character

What 俯 means

1. to look down
2. to stoop

Other readings

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

• fǔvariant of {俯|fǔ}

Example sentences

• 窗户俯瞰着院子。
  Chuānghu fǔkàn zhe yuànzi.
  The window overlooks the courtyard.
• 我俯身捡起了掉在地上的笔。
  Wǒ fǔshēn jiǎn qǐ le diào zài dìshàng de bǐ.
  I bent over to pick up my pen which had fallen on the floor.
• 冯迪索在做俯卧撑时，并不是把自身往上推，而是在把地球向下推。
  Féng dí suǒ zài zuò fǔwòchēng shí, bìngbù shì bǎ zìshēn wǎng shàng tuī, érshì zài bǎ dìqiú xiàngxià tuī.
  When Vin Diesel does pushups, he's not pushing himself up - he's pushing the Earth down.
• 自恋的人往往自命不凡，轻蔑和屈尊俯就于他人的意见，与此同时，对赞美和肯定有着迫切的需求。
  Zìliàn de rén wǎngwǎng zìmìng-bùfán, qīngmiè hé qūzūn-fǔjiù yú tārén de yìjiàn, yǔcǐtóngshí, duì zànměi hé kěndìng yǒuzhe pòqiè de xūqiú.
  Narcissists are often snobbish, disdainful and patronising of others' opinions, while, at the same time, having an overwhelming need for admiration and reassurance.
• 戴维朝安妮眨了眨眼，然后俯身越过桌子，从朵拉的手指间夺过她刚刚轻轻咬了一小口的蛋糕，张大嘴巴，把整块蛋糕塞了进去。
  Davy winked at Anne, and then, leaning over the table, snatched Dora's first piece of cake, from which she had just taken one dainty little bite, out of her very fingers and, opening his mouth to the fullest extent, crammed the whole slice in.
• 越过松林，远处有一座小花园。那里青草长得又长又茂盛，铁杉花像洁白的星星一样闪耀，夜莺整夜唱歌。它整夜歌唱，冰冷的月光俯瞰着它，紫杉树张开巨大的枝干，庇护着沉睡的人们。
  Far away beyond the pine-woods, there is a little garden. There the grass grows long and deep, there are the great white stars of the hemlock flower, there the nightingale sings all night long. All night long he sings, and the cold crystal moon looks down, and the yew-tree spreads out its giant arms over the sleepers.

Words starting with 俯

• 俯仰fǔ yǎnglowering and raising of the head; (fig.) small move; pitch (position angle)
• 俯瞰fǔ kànto look down at (from a high vantage point)
• 俯视fǔ shìto overlook; to look down at
• 俯身fǔ shēnto lean over; to bend over; to stoop
• 俯冲fǔ chōngto dive down fast; to swoop down
• 俯首fǔ shǒuto bend one's head
• 俯卧撑fǔ wò chēngpush-up; press-up (exercise)
• 俯伏fǔ fúto lie prostrate
• 俯就fǔ jiùto deign; to condescend; to yield to (entreaties)
• 俯看fǔ kànto look down at
• 俯卧fǔ wòto lie prone
• 俯角fǔ jiǎo(math) angle of depression
• 俯仰之间fǔ yǎng zhī jiānin a flash
• 俯首称臣fǔ shǒu chēng chénto bow before (idiom); to capitulate
• 俯瞰图fǔ kàn túbird's-eye view
• 俯瞰摄影fǔ kàn shè yǐngcrane shot; boom shot (photography)
• 俯首帖耳fǔ shǒu tiē ěrbowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient; at sb's beck and call
• 俯仰无愧fǔ yǎng wú kuìto have a clear conscience
• 俯拾皆是fǔ shí jiē shìlit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)…
• 俯拾即是fǔ shí jí shìsee 俯拾皆是

Words containing 俯

• 前俯后仰qián fǔ hòu yǎngto rock one's body backward and forward; to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
• 与世俯仰yǔ shì fǔ yǎngto swim with the tide (idiom)
• 屈尊俯就qū zūn fǔ jiùto condescend; condescending; patronizing

Characters built on 府

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

• 腐fǔdecay; rotten
• 腑fǔinternal organs

Characters that look like 俯

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

• 偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique
• 倍bèi(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double
• 倘tǎngif; supposing; in case
• 悟wùto comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 倦juàntired; weary; fatigued
• 偻lóuused in 佝偻; used in 偻㑩

Sounds the same

Read fǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 府seat of government; government repository (archive); official residence
• 腐decay; rotten
• 辅to assist; to complement; auxiliary
• 抚to comfort; to console; to stroke
• 甫(classical) barely; just; just now
• 斧hatchet
• 釜kettle; cauldron
• 腑internal organs
• 脯dried meat; preserved fruit
• 呒perplexed; astonished
• 拊pat
• 滏name of a river in Hebei