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浦

pǔ

Character

What 浦 means

1. river bank
2. shore
3. river drainage ditch (old)

Other readings

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

• Pǔsurname Pu

Example sentences

• 到利物浦的票价多少钱？
  Dào Lìwùpǔ de piàojià duōshao qián?
  What's the fare to Liverpool?
• 我中午十二点半还要去浦东。
  Wǒ zhōngwǔ shí'èr diǎn bàn hái yào qù Pǔdōng.
  I still need to go to Pudong at 12:30.
• 两人于本月 4 日星期二向房东告别，前往尤斯顿车站，决心搭乘开往利物浦的特快列车。
  The two bade adieu to their landlady upon Tuesday, the 4th inst., and departed to Euston Station with the avowed intention of catching the Liverpool express.

Words starting with 浦

• 浦东Pǔ dōngPudong, a district of Shanghai to the east of the Huangpu River, full name 浦东新区
• 浦西Pǔ xīPuxi, the area of Shanghai located west of the Huangpu River 黄浦江
• 浦那Pǔ nàPune, second city of Mahārāshtra 马哈拉施特拉邦 in western India
• 浦项Pǔ xiàngPohang (city in South Korea)
• 浦口区Pǔ kǒu QūPukou, a district of Nanjing City 南京市
• 浦东机场Pǔ dōng Jī chǎngShanghai Pudong International Airport
• 浦北县Pǔ běi XiànPubei, a county in Qinzhou City 钦州市
• 浦城县Pǔ chéng XiànPucheng, a county in Nanping City 南平市
• 浦江县Pǔ jiāng XiànPujiang, a county in Jinhua City 金华市
• 浦江Pǔ jiāngsee 浦江县
• 浦口Pǔ kǒusee 浦口区
• 浦北Pǔ běisee 浦北县
• 浦城Pǔ chéngsee 浦城县
• 浦东新区Pǔ dōng Xīn qūsee 浦东

Words containing 浦

• 利物浦Lì wù pǔLiverpool (England)
• 飞利浦Fēi lì pǔPhilips (company)
• 塞浦路斯Sài pǔ lù sīCyprus
• 黄浦江Huáng pǔ JiāngHuangpu River, major river flowing through Shanghai, dividing the city into Puxi 浦西
• 黄浦区Huáng pǔ QūHuangpu, the most central of Shanghai's districts
• 帮浦bāng pǔpump (loanword)
• 科浦Kē pǔCoop, Swiss retailer branded as "coop"
• 青浦Qīng pǔQingpu suburban district of Shanghai
• 南浦市Nán pǔ shìNampo city in North Korea
• 青浦区Qīng pǔ qūQingpu suburban district of Shanghai
• 江浦Jiāng pǔJiangpu county, old name of Pukou district 浦口区
• 大浦洞Dà pǔ dòngTaepodong, North Korean rocket series
• 清江浦区Qīng jiāng pǔ QūQingjiangpu, a district of Huai'an City 淮安市
• 合浦县Hé pǔ XiànHepu, a county in Beihai City 北海市
• 江浦县Jiāng pǔ xiànJiangpu county, old name of Pukou district 浦口区
• 洛浦县Luò pǔ XiànLop, a county in Hotan City 和田市
• 泵浦bèng pǔpump (loanword)
• 乍浦Zhà pǔZhapu, a town and port on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay in Zhejiang, historically…
• 杨浦区Yáng pǔ qūYangpu district, central Shanghai
• 俄狄浦斯É dí pǔ sīOedipus, hero of the tragedy Oedipus Rex by Athenian dramatist Sophocles
• 俄狄浦斯期é dí pǔ sī qīoedipal phase (psychology)
• 俄狄浦斯情结É dí pǔ sī qíng jiéOedipus complex
• 霞浦县Xiá pǔ XiànXiapu, a county in Ningde City 宁德市
• 荔浦市Lì pǔ ShìLipu, a county-level city in Guilin City 桂林市

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
• 铺pūto spread; to display; to set up
• 埔bùused in place names
• 哺bǔto feed
• 脯fǔdried meat; preserved fruit
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 匍púused in 匍匐

Characters that look like 浦

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

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 迹jì(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī
• 涌yǒngto well up; to gush forth; to surge
• 堵dǔto block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole)…
• 渊yuāndeep pool; deep; profound
• 掳lǔ(bound form) to capture (sb)

Sounds the same

Read pǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 普general; popular; everywhere
• 谱chart; list; table
• 朴(bound form) plain; simple; Taiwan pr. pú
• 圃garden; orchard
• 埔used in place names
• 溥extensive; pervading
• 蹼web (of feet of ducks, frogs etc)
• 镨praseodymium (chemistry)
• 氆used in 氆氇
• 誧huge; to admonish
• 烳to travel by the light of torch
• 暜old variant of 普