扑 pū
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
扑
pū
to pounce on
Character
Example phrases
- 小狗一看见主人，就兴奋地扑了上去。 Xiǎogǒu yí kànjiàn zhǔrén, jiù xīngfèn de pū le shàngqu. As soon as the puppy saw its owner, it excitedly pounced forward.
- 孩子一看到妈妈，就笑着扑进她的怀里。 Háizi yí kàndào māma, jiù xiàozhe pū jìn tā de huái lǐ. As soon as the child saw mum, he ran laughing into her arms.
- 猫趴在窗边，突然朝一只飞过的小虫扑了过去。 Māo pā zài chuāng biān, tūrán cháo yì zhī fēi guò de xiǎochóng pū le guòqu. The cat was lying by the window and suddenly pounced at a small bug flying past.
Related words
- 扑灭 pūmiè to extinguish
- 红扑扑 hóngpūpū rosy; flushed
- 扑克 pūkè playing cards; poker
- 扑面而来 pūmiàn'érlái to rush towards one's face; to come head-on; to be overwhelming
- 捕 bǔ to catch, to capture
- 碰撞 pèngzhuàng to collide
- 捉 zhuō to catch, to capture
- 落地 luòdì to land
- 钻 zuān to drill, to go into
- 滑行 huáxíng to glide, to slide
- 旋转 xuánzhuǎn to rotate, to revolve
- 飘 piāo to float; light, airy