敷 fū
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 旉 to announce, to state 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
敷衍
fūyǎn
to be perfunctory; to fob off
Characters in this word
衍 yǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 行 — to go, to walk, to move
- Made of
- 行 to go, to walk, to move 氵 water
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 面对居民的质疑，物业只用几句套话敷衍过去，反而激化了矛盾。 Miànduì jūmín de zhíyí, wùyè zhǐ yòng jǐ jù tàohuà fūyǎn guòqù, fǎn'ér jīhuà le máodùn. Faced with residents' doubts, the property management merely fobbed them off with a few stock phrases, which instead intensified the conflict.
- 他随便敷衍了几句，就匆匆挂了电话。 Tā suíbiàn fūyǎn le jǐ jù, jiù cōngcōng guà le diànhuà. He fobbed her off with a few words and hurriedly hung up.
- 作业写得这么敷衍，老师一眼就看出来了。 Zuòyè xiě de zhème fūyǎn, lǎoshī yì yǎn jiù kàn chūlái le. The homework was done so carelessly that the teacher saw it at a glance.
Related words
- 敷 fū to apply; to spread on
- 繁衍 fányǎn to reproduce; to propagate
- 衍生 yǎnshēng to derive; to develop from
- 怠慢 dàimàn to slight; to neglect; to treat coldly
- 大惊小怪 dàjīngxiǎoguài to make a fuss over nothing
- 傲 ào proud; arrogant
- 草率 cǎoshuài careless; hasty
- 傲慢 àomàn arrogant; haughty
- 粗暴 cūbào rough; violent; crude and forceful
- 高傲 gāo'ào proud; arrogant
- 粗鲁 cūlǔ rude; impolite; rough-mannered
- 霸道 bàdào overbearing; tyrannical