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扶

fú

HSK 5 Character

What 扶 means

1. to support with the hand
2. to help sb up
3. to support oneself by holding onto something
4. to help

Example sentences

• 扶梯在哪儿？
  Where is the escalator?
• 烂泥扶不上墙。
  You can't raise a cat to be a dog.
• 我们买了张舒适的扶手椅。
  Wǒmen mǎi le zhāng shūshì de fúshǒuyǐ.
  We bought a comfortable new armchair.
• 你看都出血了，我扶你起来吧。
  Nǐ kàn dōu chūxuè le, wǒ fú nǐ qǐlai ba.
  You're bleeding everywhere; I'll help you up.
• 我一个人把两个小孩扶养长大。
  Wǒ yīgèrén bǎ liǎng gè xiǎohái fúyǎng zhǎngdà.
  I brought up two children alone.
• 他将一位老太太从位子上扶起来。
  He helped an old lady get up from her seat.

Words starting with 扶

• 扶持fú chíto help; to assist
• 扶贫fú pínassistance to the poor; poverty alleviation
• 扶手fú shǒuhandrail; armrest
• 扶梯fú tīladder; staircase; escalator
• 扶植fú zhíto foster; to support
• 扶助fú zhùto assist
• 扶桑Fú sāngFusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan
• 扶正fú zhèngto set sth upright or straight; to promote an employee from part-time to full-time…
• 扶养fú yǎngto foster; to bring up; to raise
• 扶南Fú nánFunan, ancient state in Southeast Asia (1st - 6th century)
• 扶危fú wēito help those in distress
• 扶栏fú lánhandrail
• 扶余Fú yúBuyeo (c. 200 BC–494 AD), ancient kingdom in what is now northeast China; see 扶余市
• 扶他林fú tā línvoltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used…
• 扶弟魔fú dì mó(colloquial) (neologism c. 2017, a play on 伏地魔
• 扶手椅fú shǒu yǐarmchair
• 扶沟县Fú gōu XiànFugou, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市
• 扶轮社Fú lún shèRotary Club
• 扶风县Fú fēng XiànFufeng, a county in Baoji City 宝鸡市
• 扶余市Fú yú ShìFuyu, a county-level city in Songyuan City 松原市
• 扶危济困fú wēi jì kùnto help those in distress (idiom)
• 扶摇直上fú yáo zhí shàngto skyrocket; to get quick promotion in one's career
• 扶清灭洋fú Qīng miè yángSupport the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan)
• 扶老携幼fú lǎo xié yòutaking everyone along, young and old; to look after the elderly and the young

Words containing 扶

• 搀扶chān fúto lend an arm to support sb
• 救死扶伤jiù sǐ fú shāngto help the dying and heal the injured
• 帮扶bāng fúto provide assistance to; to support
• 自动扶梯zì dòng fú tīescalator
• 电扶梯diàn fú tīescalator
• 济危扶困jì wēi fú kùnto help people in difficulty and bring relief to the needy (idiom)
• 济困扶危jì kùn fú wēito help those in distress (idiom)
• 牵扶qiān fúto lead
• 烂泥扶不上墙làn ní fú bù shàng qiánguseless (idiom); worthless; inept
• 锄强扶弱chú qiáng fú ruòto root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor
• 匡扶社稷kuāng fú shè jì(of states within the nation) to support the ruler in governing the country
• 赒急扶困zhōu jí fú kùndisaster relief
• 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fúAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chíAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lǜ yè fú chíAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chíAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…

Characters built on 夫

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

• 肤fūskin
• 芙fúused in 芙蓉
• 麸fūbran
• 呋fūused in transliteration, e.g. 呋喃; old variant of 趺
• 趺fūinstep; tarsus
• 伕fūvariant of 夫
• 蚨fú(water-beetle); money

Characters that look like 扶

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

• 技jìskill
• 找zhǎoto try to find; to look for; to call on sb
• 状zhuàng(bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition…
• 肤fūskin
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up
• 抉juéto pick out; to single out

Sounds the same

Read fú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 服clothes; dress; garment
• 福good fortune; happiness; luck
• 符mark; sign; talisman
• 佛used in 仿佛
• 幅width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
• 伏to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)
• 浮to float; superficial; floating
• 辐spoke of a wheel
• 俘to take prisoner; prisoner of war
• 袱(bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover
• 弗(literary) not; used in transliteration
• 芙used in 芙蓉