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副

fù

HSK 6 Character

What 副 means

1. secondary
2. auxiliary
3. deputy
4. assistant
5. vice-
6. abbr. for 副词 adverb
7. classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions

Example sentences

• 这是个副词。
  Zhè shì gè fùcí.
  This is an adverb.
• 你有副好嗓音。
  Nǐ yǒu fù hǎo sǎngyīn.
  You have a wonderful voice.
• 这副眼镜多少钱？
  Zhè fù yǎnjìng duōshao qián?
  How much did the glasses cost?
• 这药没有副作用。
  Zhè yào méiyǒu fùzuòyòng.
  This medicine has no side effects.
• 我想买几副墨镜。
  I want to buy a few pairs of sunglasses.
• 我有一副太阳眼镜。
  Wǒ yǒu yī fù tàiyángyǎnjìng.
  I've got a pair of sunglasses.

Words starting with 副

• 副作用fù zuò yòngside effect
• 副教授fù jiào shòuassociate professor (university post)
• 副词fù cíadverb
• 副本fù běncopy; duplicate; transcript; (gaming) dungeon; instance; private team mission
• 副刊fù kānsupplement
• 副官fù guānaide-de-camp
• 副手fù shǒuassistant
• 副食品fù shí pǐnnon-staple foods; (Taiwan) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula)
• 副食fù shínon-staple food
• 副业fù yèsideline; side occupation
• 副产品fù chǎn pǐnby-product
• 副将fù jiàngdeputy general
• 副品fù pǐnproduct of inferior quality
• 副室fù shìconcubine (old)
• 副理fù lǐdeputy director; assistant manager
• 副相fù xiàngdeputy prime minister
• 副科fù kē(education) non-core subject
• 副主任fù zhǔ rèndeputy director; assistant head
• 副主席fù zhǔ xívice-chairperson
• 副司令fù sī lìngsecond in command
• 副学士fù xué shìassociate's degree
• 副州长fù zhōu zhǎngdeputy governor (of a province or colony); lieutenant governor of US state
• 副市长fù shì zhǎngdeputy mayor
• 副书记fù shū jideputy secretary

Words containing 副

• 名副其实míng fù qí shínot just in name only, but also in reality (idiom); aptly named; worthy of the name
• 全副武装quán fù wǔ zhuāngfully armed; armed to the teeth; fig. fully equipped
• 全副quán fùcompletely
• 大副dà fùfirst mate; first officer (of a ship)
• 全副精力quán fù jīng lìto concentrate entirely on sth; fully engaged; with full force
• 名不副实míng bù fù shíthe name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact…
• 竞选副手jìng xuǎn fù shǒuelection assistant; running mate
• 正副驾驶zhèng fù jià shǐpilot and copilot
• 蜗杆副wō gǎn fùworm-gear pair; worm drive; worm and worm gear
• 襟副翼jīn fù yìflaperon (aeronautics)
• 二副èr fùsecond officer (of ship); second mate

Characters built on 畐

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

• 富fùrich; abundant; wealthy
• 福fúgood fortune; happiness; luck
• 幅fúwidth; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
• 辐fúspoke of a wheel
• 蝠fú(bound form) bat
• 匐fúused in 匍匐

Characters that look like 副

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

• 射shèto shoot; to launch; to allude to
• 尉wèimilitary officer
• 剔tīto scrape the meat from bones; to pick (teeth etc); to weed out
• 躬gōng(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself…
• 剜wānto scoop out; to gouge out
• 婀ēgraceful; willowy; unstable

Sounds the same

Read fù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 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…
• 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