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覆

fù

HSK 6 Character

What 覆 means

1. to cover
2. to overflow
3. to overturn
4. to capsize

Example sentences

• 覆水难收。
  Fù shuǐ nán shōu.
  The damage is done.
• 覆盆子很贵。
  Fùpénzǐ hěn guì.
  Raspberries are very expensive.
• 山顶被雪覆盖了。
  Shāndǐng bèi xuě fùgài le.
  The top of the mountain is covered in snow.
• 他要求我尽快回覆。
  Tā yāoqiú wǒ jìnkuài huífù.
  He pressed me for a prompt reply.
• 他给了以下的答覆。
  Tā gěi le yǐxià de dáfù.
  He answered as follows.
• 这是覆盆子的颜色。
  Zhè shì fùpénzǐ de yánsè.
  This is the color of raspberries.

Words starting with 覆

• 覆盖fù gàito cover
• 覆盖面fù gài miàncoverage
• 覆盖率fù gài lǜcoverage
• 覆灭fù mièdestruction
• 覆辙fù zhéthe tracks of a cart that overturned; (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past
• 覆亡fù wángfall (of an empire)
• 覆核fù héto review; to reexamine; review
• 覆没fù mòannihilated; capsized
• 覆盖物fù gài wùmulch
• 覆水难收fù shuǐ nán shōuspilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom); it's no use crying over spilt milk…
• 覆膜fù mómembrane covering sth; coating
• 覆叠fù diéto overlap; to overlay; cascaded (thermodynamic cycle)
• 覆盆子fù pén zǐraspberry
• 覆巢无完卵fù cháo wú wán luǎnlit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact…
• 覆巢之下无完卵fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎnlit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)…

Words containing 覆

• 颠覆diān fùto topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn…
• 翻来覆去fān lái fù qùto toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again
• 翻天覆地fān tiān fù dìsky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion…
• 天翻地覆tiān fān dì fùsky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion…
• 全军覆没quán jūn fù mòtotal defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
• 重蹈覆辙chóng dǎo fù zhélit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)…
• 上覆shàng fùto inform
• 回覆huí fùto reply (by letter, email etc); reply; answer
• 翻覆fān fùto overturn (a vehicle); to capsize; to turn upside down; to change completely
• 蒙覆méng fùto cover
• 旋覆花xuán fù huā(botany) convolvulvus; Flos Inulae (Chinese herb)
• 翻云覆雨fān yún fù yǔto produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom)…
• 倾覆qīng fùto capsize; to collapse; to overturn
• 抗倾覆kàng qīng fùanticapsizing
• 颠覆罪diān fù zuìcrime of incitement to overthrow the state; abbr. for 煽动颠覆国家政权
• 颠覆分子diān fù fèn zǐa subversive; a saboteur
• 颠覆国家罪diān fù guó jiā zuìcrime of incitement to overthrow the state; abbr. for 煽动颠覆国家政权
• 颠覆政府罪diān fù zhèng fǔ zuìcrime of incitement to overthrow the state; abbr. for 煽动颠覆国家政权
• 载舟覆舟zài zhōu fù zhōuto carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or…
• 翻手为云覆手变雨fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔlit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns…
• 阴谋颠覆政府罪yīn móu diān fù zhèng fǔ zuìthe crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government
• 煽动颠覆国家罪shān dòng diān fù guó jiā zuìcrime of conspiring to overthrow the state
• 煽动颠覆国家政权shān dòng diān fù guó jiā zhèng quánincitement to subvert state power (criminal charge used to gag free speech)
• 前车之覆，后车之鉴qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiànlit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom)…

Characters that look like 覆

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

• 簧huángreed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
• 霞xiárose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
• 瞿qústartled; Taiwan pr. jù
• 蘑mómushroom
• 麓lùfoot of a hill
• 麋mímoose; river bank

Sounds the same

Read fù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 副secondary; auxiliary; deputy
• 复to go and return; to return; to resume
• 附to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
• 负to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on
• 付to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
• 富rich; abundant; wealthy
• 父(bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation…
• 傅(bound form) instructor; (literary) to instruct; to attach
• 妇woman
• 赋poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on
• 咐used in 吩咐
• 腹abdomen; stomach; belly