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
扑克
pūkè
playing cards; poker
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Example phrases
- 他把政治博弈比作一局扑克，表面沉默的人未必没有底牌。 Tā bǎ zhèngzhì bóyì bǐzuò yì jú pūkè, biǎomiàn chénmò de rén wèibì méiyǒu dǐpái. He compared political gamesmanship to a hand of poker: those who appear silent may not be without cards to play.
- 周末晚上，我们一家人围着桌子打扑克。 Zhōumò wǎnshang, wǒmen yì jiārén wéizhe zhuōzi dǎ pūkè. On weekend evenings our whole family sits around the table playing cards.
- 他的口袋里总带着一副扑克，随时都能玩几局。 Tā de kǒudai lǐ zǒng dàizhe yí fù pūkè, suíshí dōu néng wán jǐ jú. He always carries a deck of cards in his pocket, ready to play a few rounds at any time.
Related words
- 扑 pū to pounce on
- 扑灭 pūmiè to extinguish
- 红扑扑 hóngpūpū rosy; flushed
- 扑面而来 pūmiàn'érlái to rush towards one's face; to come head-on; to be overwhelming
- 克 kè gram
- 千克 qiānkè kilogram
- 克服 kèfú to overcome
- 巧克力 qiǎokèlì chocolate
- 麦克风 màikèfēng microphone
- 攻克 gōngkè to overcome; to capture
- 克隆 kèlóng to clone
- 克制 kèzhì to restrain; to control oneself