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腐

fǔ

HSK 5 Character

What 腐 means

1. decay
2. rotten

Example sentences

• 那是豆腐。
  Nàshi dòufu.
  That is tofu.
• 这是豆腐。
  This is tofu.
• 这是不是豆腐？
  Is this tofu?
• 汤姆喜欢豆腐。
  Tom likes tofu.
• 酸性腐蚀了金属。
  Suānxìng fǔshí le jīnshǔ.
  The acid ate into the metal.
• 豆腐配清酒很合适。
  Dòufu pèi qīngjiǔ hěn héshì.
  Tofu goes well with good sake.

Words starting with 腐

• 腐败fǔ bàicorruption; to corrupt; to rot
• 腐烂fǔ lànto rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt
• 腐朽fǔ xiǔrotten; decayed; decadent
• 腐蚀fǔ shícorrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically); to rot
• 腐化fǔ huàto rot; to decay; to become corrupt
• 腐乳fǔ rǔfermented tofu
• 腐刑fǔ xíngcastration (a form of punishment during the Han period)
• 腐国Fǔ guóUK…
• 腐坏fǔ huàito rot; to spoil; (fig.) to become corrupted
• 腐女fǔ nǚfujoshi (woman who likes manga about male homosexual love)…
• 腐肉fǔ ròurotting flesh; carrion
• 腐旧fǔ jiùoutmoded; decadent; decaying
• 腐败罪fǔ bài zuìthe crime of corruption
• 腐殖土fǔ zhí tǔhumus (topsoil of decayed vegetation)
• 腐生兰fǔ shēng lánCymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl.
• 腐熟fǔ shú(of compost) fully decomposed
• 腐殖酸fǔ zhí suānhumic acid
• 腐尸fǔ shīdecomposed corpse
• 腐臭fǔ chòurotten (smell); stinking; putrid
• 腐蚀剂fǔ shí jìa corrosive (chemical)
• 腐蚀性fǔ shí xìng(lit. and fig.) corrosive; corrosiveness
• 腐竹fǔ zhúrolls of dried soymilk cream (used in cooking after being rehydrated)

Words containing 腐

• 豆腐dòu futofu; bean curd
• 臭豆腐chòu dòu fustinky tofu; strong-smelling preserved beancurd; fig. rough exterior but lovable person
• 反腐fǎn fǔanti-corruption
• 迂腐yū fǔpedantic; trite; inflexible
• 豆腐渣dòu fu zhāokara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
• 陈腐chén fǔtrite; clichéd; empty and trite
• 豆腐脑dòu fu nǎojellied tofu; soft bean curd
• 防腐fáng fǔrotproof; antiseptic; anti-corrosion
• 反腐倡廉fǎn fǔ chàng liánto fight corruption and advocate probity
• 防腐剂fáng fǔ jìpreservative; antiseptic
• 反腐败fǎn fǔ bàito oppose corruption; anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
• 均腐土jūn fǔ tǔisohumisol (soil taxonomy)
• 易腐败yì fǔ bàiperishable
• 拒腐防变jù fǔ fáng biànto fight corruption and forestall moral degeneration
• 流水不腐liú shuǐ bù fǔflowing water does not rot
• 食腐动物shí fǔ dòng wùscavenger
• 乳腐rǔ fǔfermented tofu
• 吃豆腐chī dòu futo take liberties with (a woman); to tease with sexual innuendo; to sexually harass
• 油豆腐yóu dòu fufried tofu (cubes)
• 磨豆腐mò dòu futo grumble; to chatter away incessantly
• 血豆腐xuè dòu fublood tofu (coagulated animal blood)
• 豆腐乳dòu fu rǔfermented tofu
• 豆腐皮dòu fu pítofu skin…
• 豆腐花dòu fu huājellied tofu; soft bean curd

Characters built on 府

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

• 俯fǔto look down; to stoop
• 腑fǔinternal organs

Characters that look like 腐

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

• 截jiéto cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept
• 詹zhān(literary) verbose; (literary) to arrive, to reach
• 瘤liútumor
• 蓓bèiused in 蓓蕾
• 麾huīsignal flag; to signal
• 粱liángsorghum

Sounds the same

Read fǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 府seat of government; government repository (archive); official residence
• 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