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扑

pū

HSK 6 Character Traditional 撲

What 扑 means

1. to throw oneself at
2. to pounce on
3. to devote one's energies
4. to flap
5. to flutter
6. to dab
7. to pat
8. to bend over

Example sentences

• 你很了解相扑。
  You know quite a lot about sumo.
• 谁想来玩扑克。
  Anyone up for a game of poker?
• 我喜欢玩扑克。
  I like to play poker.
• 他们玩脱衣扑克.
  They played strip poker.
• 火马上就被扑熄了。
  The fire was extinguished at once.
• 她不想让他玩扑克。
  She didn't want him to play poker.

Words starting with 扑

• 扑克pū kèpoker (game) (loanword); playing cards
• 扑通pū tōng(onomatopoeia) sound of object falling into water; plop
• 扑面而来pū miàn ér láilit. sth hits one in the face; directly in one's face; sth assaults the senses
• 扑鼻pū bíto assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)
• 扑克牌pū kè páipoker (card game); playing card
• 扑灭pū mièto eradicate; to extinguish
• 扑倒pū dǎoto fall down
• 扑朔迷离pū shuò mí líimpossible to unravel; confusing
• 扑腾pū teng(onomatopoeia) thud; flutter; flop
• 扑面pū miànlit. sth hits one in the face; directly in one's face; sth assaults the senses
• 扑打pū dǎto swat; (of wings) to flap
• 扑扇pū shanto flutter; to flap
• 扑救pū jiùfirefighting; to extinguish a fire and save life and property…
• 扑杀pū shāto kill; to cull
• 扑满pū mǎnpiggy bank
• 扑空pū kōnglit. to rush at thin air; fig. to miss one's aim; to have nothing to show for one's…
• 扑落pū luòto fall; to drop; socket (loanword for "plug")
• 扑袭pū xí(of an animal) to pounce (on its prey); (of extreme weather conditions) to hit…
• 扑责pū zéto punish by flogging
• 扑跌pū diēto fall flat on one's face; (martial arts) pouncing and falling (i.e. all kinds of moves)
• 扑闪pū shǎnto wink; to blink
• 扑克脸pū kè liǎnpoker face
• 扑脸儿pū liǎn rstrikes you in the face
• 扑热息痛pū rè xī tòngparacetamol (loanword)

Words containing 扑

• 红扑扑hóng pū pūred; rosy; flushed
• 相扑xiāng pūsumo wrestling; also pr. xiàng pū
• 猛扑měng pūto charge; to pounce on; to swoop down on
• 反扑fǎn pūto counterattack; to come back after a defeat; to retrieve lost ground
• 拓扑tuò pū(math; loanword) topology
• 粉扑fěn pūpowder puff (cosmetics)
• 起扑qǐ pūchip shot (golf)
• 跌扑diē pūto tumble; to stumble and fall
• 打扑克dǎ pū kèto play cards; to play poker
• 拓扑学tuò pū xué(math) topology
• 起扑杆qǐ pū gānchipper (golf)
• 代数拓扑dài shù tuò pū(math) algebraic topology
• 几何拓扑jǐ hé tuò pū(math) geometric topology
• 德州扑克Dé zhōu pū kèTexas hold 'em (poker variant)
• 拓扑空间tuò pū kōng jiān(math) topological space
• 拓扑结构tuò pū jié gòutopological structure
• 异香扑鼻yì xiāng pū bíexotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
• 颠扑不破diān pū bù pòsolid; unbreakable; (fig.) irrefutable; incontrovertible; indisputable
• 饿虎扑食è hǔ pū shílike a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey
• 香味扑鼻xiāng wèi pū bíexotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
• 几何拓扑学jǐ hé tuò pū xué(math) geometric topology
• 飞蛾扑火fēi é pū huǒthe moth flies into the flame; fatal attraction

Characters that look like 扑

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

• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 册cèbook; booklet; classifier for books
• 升shēngto ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter
• 壮zhuàngto strengthen; strong; robust
• 孙sūngrandson; descendant
• 朴pǔ(bound form) plain; simple; Taiwan pr. pú

Sounds the same

Read pū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 铺to spread; to display; to set up
• 噗(onomatopoeia) pop; plop; pfff
• 仆to fall forward; to fall prostrate
• 潽to boil over
• 攴to tap; to knock lightly; old variant of 扑
• 痡sick; disabled
• 攵variant of 攴