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附

fù

HSK 3 Character

What 附 means

1. to add; to attach
2. to be close to; to be attached

Other readings

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

• fùvariant of {附|fù}

Example sentences

• 附近有超市吗
  Is there any supermarket nearby?
• 她住在附近。
  She lives nearby.
• 附近有个车站。
  There is a bus stop near by.
• 附近有酒店吗？
  Is there a hotel around here?
• 他在这附近住。
  He lives in this neighborhood.
• 我在车站附近。
  I am near the station.

Words starting with 附

• 附近fù jìnnearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
• 附件fù jiànappendix (in a document); enclosure (accompanying a document); (email) attachment
• 附属fù shǔsubsidiary; auxiliary; attached
• 附和fù hèto agree; to go along with; to echo (what sb says)
• 附加fù jiāadditional; annex
• 附录fù lùappendix; supplement; attachment
• 附中fù zhōngattached (or affiliated) secondary (or middle) school; abbr. for 附属中学
• 附带fù dàisupplementary; incidentally; in parentheses
• 附上fù shàngattached; included herewith
• 附加费fù jiā fèisurcharge
• 附小fù xiǎoaffiliated elementary school (abbr. for 附属小学
• 附注fù zhùnote; annotation
• 附着fù zhuóto adhere; attachment
• 附加值fù jiā zhíadded-value (accountancy)
• 附设fù shèannexed to; attached to; associated
• 附庸风雅fù yōng fēng yǎ(of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti; to pose as a culture lover…
• 附体fù tǐ(of a spirit or deity) to possess sb
• 附庸fù yōngvassal; dependent; subordinate
• 附会fù huìto add parallels and interpretations (to a story etc); to develop and embellish…
• 附则fù zésupplementary provision; bylaw; additional article (law)
• 附子fù zǐmonkshood (Aconitum carmichaelii)
• 附议fù yìto second a motion
• 附身fù shēnto enter a body; to possess
• 附点fù diǎndot (music notation)

Words containing 附

• 依附yī fùto adhere; to attach oneself to; to append
• 吸附xī fùto adhere to a surface; to absorb; to draw in
• 后附hòu fùattachment; appendix; addendum
• 比附bǐ fùto draw a parallel
• 阿附ē fùto fawn (as flatterer)
• 外加附件wài jiā fù jiànadd-on (software); plug-in (software)
• 白附bái fùwhite aconite
• 白附片bái fù piànsliced white aconite (used in TCM)
• 全资附属公司quán zī fù shǔ gōng sīwholly owned subsidiary
• 随信附上suí xìn fù shàngenclosed with (this) letter
• 随声附和suí shēng fù hèto parrot other people's words (idiom); to chime in with others
• 吸附性xī fù xìngabsorption; absorbability (chemistry)
• 香附xiāng fùred nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
• 归附guī fùto realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc); to submit
• 吸附剂xī fù jìabsorbent
• 趋附qū fùto ingratiate oneself
• 魂不附体hún bù fù tǐlit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits; beside oneself
• 趋炎附势qū yán fù shìto curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power; social climbing
• 牵强附会qiān qiǎng fù huìto make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)
• 疏附县Shū fù XiànShufu, a county in Kashgar City 喀什市
• 攀附pān fùto climb (of climbing plants); to creep; to cling on to
• 攀附权贵pān fù quán guìto cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
• 黏附nián fùto adhere; to stick to
• 黏附力nián fù lìadhesive force; adherence; coherence

Characters built on 付

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

• 府fǔseat of government; government repository (archive); official residence
• 符fúmark; sign; talisman
• 咐fùused in 吩咐
• 驸fùprince consort
• 苻fúAngelica anomala
• 跗fūinstep; tarsus
• 拊fǔpat

Characters that look like 附

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

• 狗gǒudog
• 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady
• 陋lòulow; humble; plain
• 冽liècold and raw
• 肼jǐnghydrazine
• 驸fùprince consort

Sounds the same

Read fù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 副secondary; auxiliary; deputy
• 复to go and return; to return; to resume
• 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
• 覆to cover; to overflow; to overturn
• 赋poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on
• 咐used in 吩咐
• 腹abdomen; stomach; belly