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埔

bù

Character

What 埔 means

1. used in place names

Other readings

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

• pǔused in place names

Words containing 埔

• 柬埔寨Jiǎn pǔ zhàiCambodia
• 大埔Dà bùDabu County in Meizhou 梅州; Tai Po district of New Territories, Hong Kong…
• 大埔县Dà bù XiànDabu, a county in Meizhou City 梅州市
• 平埔族Píng pǔ zúPingpu or Pepo aborigines (Taiwan), "plains tribes"
• 黄埔区Huáng pǔ QūHuangpu, a district of Guangzhou City 广州市
• 和记黄埔Hé jì Huáng pǔHutchison Whampoa…
• 黄埔军校Huáng pǔ Jūn xiàoWhampoa Military Academy
• 黄埔Huáng pǔsee 黄埔区

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
• 哺bǔto feed
• 脯fǔdried meat; preserved fruit
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 匍púused in 匍匐

Characters that look like 埔

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

• 城chéngcity walls; city; town
• 培péito bank up with earth; to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)
• 顾gùto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
• 浦pǔriver bank; shore; river drainage ditch (old)
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 堵dǔto block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole)…

Sounds the same

Read bù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 部ministry; department; section
• 步a step; a pace; walk
• 布cloth; to declare; to announce
• 怖terror; terrified; afraid
• 簿a book; a register; account-book
• 埠(bound form) wharf; pier; port town; (Taiwan; computing; bound form) port
• 钚plutonium (chemistry)
• 瓿a kind of vase (old); see 安瓿
• 埗wharf; dock; jetty
• 蔀(literary) to cover; to shelter; (literary) 76 years (unit of time in ancient calendars)
• 㘵(used in place names)