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pū

HSK 6freq #4563

Meanings

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pū

1.to throw oneself at
2.to pounce on
3.to devote one's energies
4.to flap
5.to flutter
6.to dab
7.to pat
8.to bend over

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Wiktionary

1.to fall forward; trip
2.to lie prostrate; prone
3.whip
4.to hit; to strike
5.to have sex
6.to pat; to slap; to clap; to swat; to hit with a flat surface (palm, swatter, etc.)
7.to play (a percussion instrument)
8.racket; swatter; paddle (flat implement for hitting)
9.to take; to shoot (a picture, a video, etc.)
10.Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to:
11.to call (on the phone)
12.to send (a telegram)
13.to type
14.to perform (a martial art)
15.to make (a gesture, signal, etc.)
16.to perform sexual activity
17.to play (mahjong, card games, etc.)
18.to buy (meat, etc.)
19.to place an order
20.to move an object closer to another object; to be near; to become near

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *pʰoːɡs, *pʰus, *pʰoɡs, *bɯːɡ, *pʰoːɡ): semantic 人 + phonetic 卜 (OC *poːɡ).

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Components

扑扌卜

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Synonyms

影拍攝拍摄攝摄攝取摄取欱翕敲打揍擊撲剋抦㧌擸媚諂拍馬奉承奉迎討好諂媚恭維巴結趨奉趨附諂諛

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Related words

扑克 poker (game) (loanword)拓扑 (math.) (loanword) topology 扑棱 (of wings, curtains etc) to flap; to flutter 扑棱 (onom.) fluttering or flapping of wings 扑面 lit. sth hits one in the face 猛扑 to charge 扑落 to fall 扑袭 (of an animal) to pounce (on its prey)扑腾 (onom.) thud 扑扇 to flutter 扑倒 to fall down 扑责 to punish by flogging