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敷

fū

HSK 6 Character

What 敷 means

1. to spread
2. to lay out
3. to apply (powder, ointment etc)
4. sufficient (to cover)
5. enough

Example sentences

• 我建议你永远不要入不敷出。
  Wǒ jiànyì nǐ yǒngyuǎn bù yào rùbùfūchū.
  I advise you never to live beyond your income.

Words starting with 敷

• 敷衍fū yǎnto elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory
• 敷衍了事fū yǎn liǎo shì(idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions
• 敷布fū bùmedical dressing; bandage
• 敷料fū liàomedical dressing
• 敷粉fū fěnto sprinkle powder; a dusting
• 敷裹fū guǒmedical dressing
• 敷设fū shèto lay; to spread out
• 敷贴fū tiēto smear; to apply glue or ointment to a surface
• 敷陈fū chénto give an orderly account; a thorough narrative
• 敷汤药fū tāng yào(colloquial) to pay compensation for medical expenses
• 敷衍塞责fū yǎn sè zé(idiom) to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously
• 敷演fū yǎnvariant of 敷衍; to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the meaning of the classics)

Words containing 敷

• 入不敷出rù bù fū chūincome does not cover expenditure; unable to make ends meet
• 仓敷Cāng fūKurashiki (city in Japan)
• 冷敷lěng fūto apply a cold compress
• 涂敷tú fūto smear; to daub; to plaster
• 外敷wài fūto apply externally
• 热敷rè fūto apply a hot compress
• 冷敷布lěng fū bùcold compress
• 泥敷剂ní fū jìpoultice
• 热敷布rè fū bùhot compress

Characters that look like 敷

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

• 激jīto arouse; to incite; to excite
• 默mòsilent; to write from memory
• 歉qiànto apologize; to regret; deficient
• 颜yáncolor; face; countenance
• 毅yìfirm and resolute; staunch
• 觑qùto spy; watch for

Sounds the same

Read fū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 夫husband; man; manual worker
• 肤skin
• 孵breeding; to incubate; to hatch
• 麸bran
• 砆agate; inferior gem; a kind of jade
• 呋used in transliteration, e.g. 呋喃; old variant of 趺
• 衭the lapel of a garment
• 泭a raft
• 趺instep; tarsus
• 跗instep; tarsus
• 稃husk; outside shell of grain
• 玞a kind of jade