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负

fù

HSK 4 Character Traditional 負

What 负 means

1. to bear
2. to carry (on one's back)
3. to turn one's back on
4. to be defeated
5. negative (math. etc)

Example sentences

• 我负担不起。
  I can't afford it.
• 不要欺负我！
  Don't bully me!
• 他还在负债。
  He's still in debt.
• Tom负伤了。
  T om fùshāng le.
  Tom has been wounded.
• 他被同学欺负。
  He was made fun of by his classmates.
• 汤姆负担不起。
  Tom can't afford that.

Words starting with 负

• 负责fù zéto be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
• 负担fù dānto bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden
• 负责人fù zé rénperson in charge
• 负面fù miànnegative; the negative side
• 负债fù zhàito be in debt; to incur debts; liability (finance)
• 负荷fù hèload; burden; charge
• 负有fù yǒuto be responsible for
• 负重fù zhòng(lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load; to carry a heavy burden
• 负伤fù shāngto be wounded; to sustain an injury
• 负载fù zàito carry; to support; load
• 负心fù xīnungrateful; heartless; to fail to be loyal to one's love
• 负疚fù jiù(literary) to feel apologetic; to feel guilty
• 负分fù fēnnegative score; minus (in grades, such as A-)
• 负向fù xiàngnegative (response, emotion etc)
• 负数fù shùnegative number
• 负方fù fāngthe losing side
• 负极fù jínegative pole; cathode
• 负气fù qìin a pique; sulky; cross
• 负号fù hàonegative value sign - (math.); minus sign
• 负电fù diànnegative electric charge
• 负片fù piànnegative (in photography)
• 负优化fù yōu huàto degrade the performance of a sold product via a system update
• 负增长fù zēng zhǎngnegative growth; economic recession
• 负整数fù zhěng shùnegative integer

Words containing 负

• 欺负qī futo bully
• 辜负gū fùto fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down
• 胜负shèng fùvictory or defeat; the outcome of a battle
• 抱负bào fùaspiration; ambition
• 正负zhèng fùpositive and negative
• 不负bù fùto live up to
• 自负zì fùconceited; to take responsibility
• 担负dān fùto shoulder; to bear; to undertake
• 背负bēi fùto bear; to carry on one's back; to shoulder
• 肩负jiān fùto shoulder (a burden); to bear; to suffer (a disadvantage)
• 如释重负rú shì zhòng fùas if relieved from a burden (idiom); to have a weight off one's mind
• 减负jiǎn fùto alleviate a burden on sb
• 超负荷chāo fù hèexcess load; an overload; overloaded
• 重负zhòng fùheavy load; heavy burden (also fig. of tax)
• 忘恩负义wàng ēn fù yìto forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend…
• 忍辱负重rěn rǔ fù zhòngto endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
• 认负rèn fùto admit defeat
• 正负号zhèng fù hào(math) plus or minus sign; ±
• 电负性diàn fù xìngelectronegativity
• 非负数fēi fù shùa nonnegative number (i.e. positive or zero)
• 后果自负hòu guǒ zì fùto take responsibility for the consequences of risky behavior…
• 文责自负wén zé zì fùthe author takes sole responsibility for the views expressed here (disclaimer)
• 有效负载yǒu xiào fù zàipayload
• 正负电子zhèng fù diàn zǐpositrons and electrons

Characters that look like 负

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

• 员yuán(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member…
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 角jiǎoangle; corner; horn
• 良liánggood; very; very much
• 贞zhēnchaste
• 灸jiǔmoxibustion (TCM)

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
• 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
• 覆to cover; to overflow; to overturn
• 赋poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on
• 咐used in 吩咐
• 腹abdomen; stomach; belly