扑 pū — to pounce on; to rush at; to throw oneself; to dart at; to swoop down
扑
Level 1 · Common HSK 6 #199
Traditional:
撲
pū pu1
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
verb
- (形声。左形，右声。本义:击，打)
- beat;strike e.g 扑掌 · 扑作教刑 · 扑刑 · 扑抶 · 扑责 · 扑枣
- attack
- whisk or wipe off e.g 扑复 · 扑手 · 扑殄 · 扑剪
- fall e.g 扑翻身 · 扑跌 · 扑破 · 扑杀
- rush at e.g 孩子一下子扑到他妈的怀里去 · 老虎向山羊扑去
- gamble e.g 扑卖
- devote e.g 一心扑在集体事业上
- bend over e.g 扑在桌上看地图
- assail e.g 扑面
noun
- puff e.g 粉扑 毬扑
- rod
- whip;teacher’s ruler for beating pupils e.g 扑罚 · 扑挞
Related words
- 扑灭 to eradicate; to extinguish; to stamp out; to put an end to; to wipe out; to que
- 扑通 splash; flop (onomatopoeia)
- 扑救 firefighting/to extinguish a fire and save life and property/to dive (of goalkee
- 扑克 poker (game); playing cards; cards; poker (loanword)
- 扑鼻 to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odours)
- 扑朔迷离 complex and confusing; baffling
- 扑倒 to fling oneself down; to pounce on; to knock (someone) down
- 反扑 to counterattack; to come back after a defeat; to retrieve lost ground; to fight
- 扑面 striking the face head-on; rushing against one's face
- 相扑 sumo wrestling
- 红扑扑 red
- 扑哧 (onomatopoeia) a snort or a sudden burst; the hiss of escaping air
- 扑腾 pitter-patter
- 颠扑不破 irrefutable; unbreakable (of a theory/truth)
- 扑空 lit. to rush at thin air; fig. to miss one's aim; to have nothing to show
- 扑簌 (of tears) rolling down in succession
- 扑打 to swat; (of wings) to flap; to beat; to pat; to flutter; to brush off
- 扑闪 to blink; to flutter (one's eyes/wings)
- 扑棱 to flutter
- 扑粉 to dust powder; face powder