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副

fù

deputy, vice-

Two people side by side, the helper a step behind
Memory picture

Character

副 fù

Strokes
11
Radical
刂 — knife
Made of
畐 to fill 刂 knife
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 他虽然只是副主任,却承担了整个项目的协调工作。 Tā suīrán zhǐ shì fùzhǔrèn, què chéngdān le zhěnggè xiàngmù de xiétiáo gōngzuò. Although he was only the deputy director, he took on the coordination work for the entire project.
  • 他被任命为副校长,负责学生的日常管理。 Tā bèi rènmìng wéi fù xiàozhǎng, fùzé xuésheng de rìcháng guǎnlǐ. He was appointed deputy principal, in charge of the students' day-to-day management.
  • 副经理今天替经理参加了会议。 Fù jīnglǐ jīntiān tì jīnglǐ cānjiā le huìyì. The deputy manager attended the meeting in the manager's place today.

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