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铺

pū

HSK 6 Character Traditional 鋪

What 铺 means

1. to spread
2. to display
3. to set up
4. oldholder for door-knocker

Other readings

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

• pùplank bed; place to sleep; shop
• pùvariant of {铺|pù}; store

Example sentences

• 请整理床铺。
  Qǐng zhěnglǐ chuángpù.
  Please make the bed.
• 地板上铺着地毯。
  The floor is carpeted.
• 小路上铺满了落叶。
  Xiǎolù shàng pù mǎn le luòyè.
  Leaves lay thick in the lane.
• 这条街铺上了柏油。
  Zhè tiáo jiē pū shàng le bǎiyóu.
  The street is paved with asphalt.
• 前人铺路，后人行路。
  Qiánrén pūlù, hòurén xínglù.
  One generation builds the street that the next will travel on.
• 这趟火车有卧铺车吗？
  Does this train have a sleeping car?

Words starting with 铺

• 铺天盖地pū tiān gài dì(lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom)…
• 铺子pù zistore; shop
• 铺设pū shèto lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline); to install (wiring, cable)…
• 铺垫pū diànto spread out bedding; bedcover
• 铺盖pū gàito spread evenly over
• 铺位pù wèibunk; berth
• 铺面pū miànpaving; pavement
• 铺路pū lùto pave (with paving stones); to lay a road; (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth)
• 铺陈pū chénto arrange; to spread out; to narrate in detail
• 铺张pū zhāngostentation; extravagance
• 铺平pū píngto spread out (material); to pave (the way, a road etc)
• 铺展pū zhǎnto spread out
• 铺床pū chuángto make a bed; to lay bedding
• 铺保pù bǎoshop's guarantee
• 铺家pù jiāstore; shop
• 铺底pù dǐshop fittings
• 铺户pù hùstore; shop
• 铺捐pù juāntax on stores
• 铺排pū páito arrange
• 铺摆pū bǎito display (goods); to dispose of
• 铺摊pū tanto spread out; to display; to lay out a vendor's stall
• 铺放pū fàngto display
• 铺叙pū xùto explain all the details; complete narrative
• 铺板pù bǎnbedboard

Words containing 铺

• 店铺diàn pùstore; shop
• 床铺chuáng pùbed
• 商铺shāng pùshop; store
• 卧铺wò pùa bed (on a train); a couchette
• 当铺dàng pùpawnshop
• 上下铺shàng xià pùbunk bed
• 搬铺bān pùto arrange (for the dying)
• 查铺chá pùto conduct a bed check
• 统铺tǒng pùa common bed (to sleep many)
• 肉铺ròu pùbutcher's shop
• 质铺zhì pùpawn shop
• 酒铺jiǔ pùtavern; wine shop
• 打地铺dǎ dì pùto make one's bed on the floor
• 卷铺盖juǎn pū gaito roll up one's bedding; to pack one's things; (fig.) to quit; (fig.) to get fired…
• 平铺直叙píng pū zhí xù(idiom) (neutral) to narrate in a plain, unaffected manner…
• 美体小铺Měi tǐ Xiǎo pùThe Body Shop (UK cosmetics company)
• 卷铺盖走人juǎn pū gài zǒu rénto pack one's things and leave
• 吊铺diào pùsuspended bunk
• 紫坪铺Zǐ píng pūZipingpu Dam, Sichuan
• 紫坪铺水库Zǐ píng pū Shuǐ kùZipingpu Dam, Sichuan
• 紫坪铺大坝Zǐ píng pū Dà bàZipingpu Dam, Sichuan
• 五金店铺wǔ jīn diàn pùhardware store

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
• 浦pǔriver bank; shore; river drainage ditch (old)
• 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 铺

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

• 销xiāoto melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 辅fǔto assist; to complement; auxiliary
• 锈xiùto rust
• 锦jǐnbrocade; embroidered work; bright
• 锤chuíhammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
• 锏jiǎnancient weapon like a long solid metal truncheon

Sounds the same

Read pū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 扑to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies
• 噗(onomatopoeia) pop; plop; pfff
• 仆to fall forward; to fall prostrate
• 潽to boil over
• 攴to tap; to knock lightly; old variant of 扑
• 痡sick; disabled
• 攵variant of 攴