铺 pū
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 甫 to begin
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
铺
pū
to spread, to pave
Character
Example phrases
- 工人正在把新的路面铺得更加平整。 Gōngrén zhèngzài bǎ xīn de lùmiàn pū de gèngjiā píngzhěng. The workers are paving the new road surface so that it is even smoother.
- 睡觉前，她把干净的床单铺在床上。 Shuìjiào qián, tā bǎ gānjìng de chuángdān pū zài chuáng shang. Before going to sleep she spread a clean sheet over the bed.
- 我们在草地上铺了一块布，坐下来野餐。 Wǒmen zài cǎodì shang pū le yí kuài bù, zuò xiàlai yěcān. We laid a cloth on the grass and sat down for a picnic.