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哺

bǔ

HSK 6 Character

What 哺 means

1. to feed

Other readings

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

• būto eat; evening meal

Example sentences

• 鲸鱼是哺乳动物。
  A whale is a mammal.
• 海豚是哺乳动物。
  A dolphin is a mammal.
• 海豚是一种哺乳动物。
  Hǎitún shì yīzhǒng bǔrǔdòngwù.
  A dolphin is a kind of mammal.
• 牛是一种反刍类的哺乳动物。
  Ruminants are a group of mammals.
• 鲸是被公认为最大的哺乳动物。
  Jīng shì bèi gōngrèn wèi zuì dà de bǔrǔdòngwù.
  The whale is well known to be the largest mammal.
• 海狸可能被认为是地球上最忙碌的哺乳动物。
  Hǎilí kěnéng bèi rènwéi shì dìqiú shàng zuì mánglù de bǔrǔdòngwù.
  Beavers may be considered as the busiest mammals on Earth.

Words starting with 哺

• 哺乳bǔ rǔbreastfeeding; to suckle; to nurse
• 哺育bǔ yùto feed; (fig.) to nurture; to foster
• 哺乳动物bǔ rǔ dòng wùmammal
• 哺养bǔ yǎngfeed; rear
• 哺乳期bǔ rǔ qībreastfeeding period; lactation period; suckling period
• 哺乳纲bǔ rǔ gāngMammalia, the class of mammals
• 哺乳类bǔ rǔ lèimammals
• 哺母乳bǔ mǔ rǔbreastfeeding

Words containing 哺

• 乳哺rǔ bǔ(literary) to feed an infant breast milk
• 反哺fǎn bǔto support one's parents in their old age; to show filial piety; to to repay
• 喂哺wèi bǔto feed (a baby)
• 辍食吐哺chuò shí tǔ bǔto stop eating and spit out
• 嗷嗷待哺áo áo dài bǔcry piteously for food

Characters built on 甫

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

• 捕bǔto catch; to seize; to capture
• 辅fǔto assist; to complement; auxiliary
• 浦pǔriver bank; shore; river drainage ditch (old)
• 铺pūto spread; to display; to set up
• 埔bùused in place names
• 脯fǔdried meat; preserved fruit
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 匍púused in 匍匐

Characters that look like 哺

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

• 唱chàngto sing; to call loudly; to chant
• 哨shàoa whistle; sentry
• 哩lǐmile
• 唾tuòsaliva; to spit
• 啃kěnto gnaw; to nibble; to bite
• 唷yō(interjection expressing surprise) Oh!; My!

Sounds the same

Read bǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 补to repair; to patch; to mend
• 捕to catch; to seize; to capture
• 卜(bound form) to divine
• 堡village (used in place names)
• 卟used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds porphyrin 卟啉
• 𬷕used in 地𬷕dì bǔ