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傅

fù

HSK 4 Character

What 傅 means

1. bound forminstructor
2. literaryto instruct
3. to attach
4. to apply (makeup etc)

Other readings

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

• Fùsurname Fu

Example sentences

• 宝石师傅在胸针上镶了一枚大珍珠。
  Bǎoshí shīfu zài xiōngzhēn shàng xiāng le yī méi dà zhēnzhū.
  The jeweler mounted a big pearl on the brooch.
• 早安，师傅。我应该怎么样提高听力能力？
  Zǎo'ān, shīfu. wǒ yīnggāi zěnmeyàng tígāo tīnglì nénglì?
  Good day, lords. In what way can I refine upon my adroitness in aural comprehension?
• 早安，师傅。我应该怎幺样提高听力能力？
  Good day, lords. In what way can I refine upon my adroitness in aural comprehension?
• 师傅，方向反了，我要去东边，你怎么往西边开？
  Shīfu, fāngxiàng fǎn le, wǒ yào qù dōngbian, nǐ zěnme wǎng xībiān kāi?
  Driver, you're driving in the opposite direction. I want to go east. Why are you driving west?
• 师傅，方向反了，我要去东边，你怎幺往西边开？
  Driver, you're driving in the opposite direction. I want to go east. Why are you driving west?
• 远离宫殿的北方及南方是平民、商人、工艺师傅和工人。
  Yuǎnlí gōngdiàn de běifāng jí nánfāng shì píngmín, shāngrén, gōngyì shīfu hé gōngrén.
  Farther from the palace and to its north and south were the commoners, merchants, artisans, and laborers.

Words starting with 傅

• 傅柯Fù kēMichel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher (Tw)
• 傅说Fù ShuōFu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding
• 傅作义Fù Zuò yìFu Zuoyi (1895–1974), Chinese general and politician, Nationalist commander who…
• 傅科摆Fù kē bǎiFoucault's pendulum
• 傅立叶Fù lì yèCharles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837)
• 傅里叶Fù lǐ yèJean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830)
• 傅立叶变换Fù lì yè biàn huàn(math) Fourier transform
• 傅会fù huìvariant of 附会

Words containing 傅

• 师傅shī fumaster; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men
• 终傅zhōng fù(Catholicism) extreme unction (the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick)
• 面包师傅miàn bāo shī fùbaker

Characters built on 尃

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

• 缚fùto bind; to tie; Taiwan pr. fú
• 溥pǔextensive; pervading

Characters that look like 傅

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

• 博bó(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 悼dàoto mourn; to lament
• 搏bóto fight; to combat; to seize
• 缚fùto bind; to tie; Taiwan pr. fú
• 谛dìto examine; truth (Buddhism)
• 锝détechnetium (chemistry)

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
• 付to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
• 富rich; abundant; wealthy
• 父(bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation…
• 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