哺

bǔ

Meanings

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bǔ

1.to feed

bū

1.to eat
2.evening meal

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Wiktionary

1.to feed (with food in the mouth)
2.to feed; to nurse
3.food being chewed in the mouth
4.to eat
5.to chew

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *baːs): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 甫 (OC *paʔ).

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Stroke order

Components

哺口甫

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Synonyms

咀嚼嚼噍唵咬喃嗕

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Related words

哺乳 breastfeeding 哺育 to feed 反哺 to support one's parents in their old age 乳哺 (literary) to feed an infant breast milk 喂哺 to feed (a baby)哺养 feed 哺乳期 breastfeeding period 哺母乳 breastfeeding 哺乳纲 Mammalia, the class of mammals 哺乳类 mammals 哺乳动物 mammal 辍食吐哺 to stop eating and spit out