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府

fǔ

HSK 5 Character

What 府 means

1. seat of government
2. government repository (archive)
3. official residence
4. mansion
5. presidential palace
6. honorificYour home
7. prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)

Example sentences

• 市政府在哪里?
  Shìzhèngfǔ zài nǎlǐ?
  Where is the city hall?
• 判决对政府不利。
  The judgement went against the government.
• 他们选出了新政府。
  Tāmen xuǎnchū le xīnzhèng fǔ.
  They have elected a new government.
• 别让宗教影响政府。
  Keep religion out of government.
• 政府的开支有些过头了。
  Zhèngfǔ de kāizhī yǒuxiē guòtóu le.
  The government's expenditures are a bit excessive.
• 他们状告政府赔偿损失。
  Tāmen zhuànggào zhèngfǔ péicháng sǔnshī.
  They sued the government for damages.

Words starting with 府

• 府上fǔ shàng(courteous) home; residence (not one's own)
• 府邸fǔ dǐmansion house; official residence
• 府第fǔ dìmansion house; official residence
• 府治fǔ zhìseat of prefectural government (from Tang to Qing times)
• 府城fǔ chéngcapital of 府 prefecture (from Tang to Qing times); prefectural seat
• 府试fǔ shìprefectural exam, the 2nd of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination…
• 府库fǔ kùgovernment treasury
• 府幕fǔ mùgovernment advisor
• 府谷县Fǔ gǔ XiànFugu, a county in Yulin City 榆林市
• 府绸fǔ chóupoplin (cotton cloth used for shirts)
• 府尹fǔ yǐnmagistrate; prefect
• 府谷Fǔ gǔsee 府谷县

Words containing 府

• 政府zhèng fǔgovernment
• 市政府shì zhèng fǔcity hall; city government
• 王府井Wáng fǔ jǐngWangfujing, a shopping district in Beijing, known for its pedestrian street, luxury…
• 人民政府rén mín zhèng fǔpeople's government
• 王府wáng fǔprince's mansion
• 学府xué fǔeducational establishment
• 中央政府zhōng yāng zhèng fǔcentral government
• 县政府xiàn zhèng fǔcounty administration; county regional government
• 首府shǒu fǔcapital city of an autonomous region
• 国民政府Guó mín Zhèng fǔNationalist government (the government of the Republic of China 1925–1948)
• 总统府zǒng tǒng fǔpresidential palace
• 官府guān fǔauthorities; feudal official
• 非政府fēi zhèng fǔnon-governmental
• 华府Huá fǔWashington, D.C.; the US federal government
• 知府zhī fǔprefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
• 联邦政府lián bāng zhèng fǔfederal government
• 市府shì fǔmunicipal government; city government; city hall
• 天府Tiān fǔHeavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu); land of plenty
• 打道回府dǎ dào huí fǔto go home (in a ceremonial procession); to return home
• 港府Gǎng fǔHong Kong government
• 乐府yuè fǔyuefu (Chinese style of lyric poetry)
• 幕府mù fǔ(orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer…
• 城府chéng fǔsubtle; shrewd; sophisticated
• 无政府主义wú zhèng fǔ zhǔ yìanarchism

Characters built on 付

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

• 附fùto add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
• 符fúmark; sign; talisman
• 咐fùused in 吩咐
• 驸fùprince consort
• 苻fúAngelica anomala
• 跗fūinstep; tarsus
• 拊fǔpat

Characters that look like 府

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

• 将jiāngwill; shall; to use
• 纷fēnnumerous; confused; disorderly
• 玲líng(onomatopoeia) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants
• 驿yìpost horse; relay station
• 挎kuàto carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)
• 疥jièscabies

Sounds the same

Read fǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 腐decay; rotten
• 辅to assist; to complement; auxiliary
• 抚to comfort; to console; to stroke
• 俯to look down; to stoop
• 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