俯 (fǔ): to look down, to stoop
俯 (fǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “to look down.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 府 (phonetic). It ranks #2205 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 俯 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- to look down
- to stoop
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 俯卧撑 | fǔ wò chēng | push-up |
| 俯冲 | fǔ chōng | to dive down fast |
| 俯瞰 | fǔ kàn | to look down at (from a high vantage point) |
| 俯视 | fǔ shì | to overlook |
| 俯身 | fǔ shēn | to lean over |
| 俯首称臣 | fǔ shǒu chēng chén | to bow before (idiom) |
| 俯首 | fǔ shǒu | to bend one's head |
| 俯卧 | fǔ wò | to lie prone |
| 俯拾皆是 | fǔ shí jiē shì | lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom) |
| 前俯后仰 | qián fǔ hòu yǎng | to rock one's body backward and forward |
| 俯仰之间 | fǔ yǎng zhī jiān | in a flash |
| 与世俯仰 | yǔ shì fǔ yǎng | to swim with the tide (idiom) |
| 俯拾即是 | fǔ shí jí shì | see 俯拾皆是[fu3 shi2 jie1 shi4] |
| 俯就 | fǔ jiù | to deign |
| 俯看 | fǔ kàn | to look down at |
俯 appears in 23 compound words: 87 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 俯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (8)
bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient; at sb's beck and call
to rock one's body backward and forward; to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient; at sb's beck and call
to rock one's body backward and forward; to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
Example Sentences
作为俯民，我们有责任保护环境。
zuò wéi fǔ mín , wǒ men yǒu zé rèn bǎo hù huán jìng .
As citizens, we have a responsibility to protect the environment.
杭州小伙46楼阳台俯瞰周杰伦演唱 “无敌视角”不用花钱
háng zhōu xiǎo huǒ 4 6 lóu yáng tái fǔ 瞰 zhōu jié lún yǎn chàng wú dí shì jiǎo bù yòng huā qián
吴兴清远 文以书传——赵孟俯书法名卷《吴兴赋》
wú xīng qīng yuǎn wén yǐ shū chuán — — zhào mèng fǔ shū fǎ míng juǎn wú xīng fù
我俯身捡起了掉在地上的笔。
Wǒ fǔshēn jiǎn qǐ le diào zài dìshàng de bǐ.
I bent over to pick up my pen which had fallen on the floor.
窗户俯瞰着院子。
Chuānghu fǔkàn zhe yuànzi.
The window overlooks the courtyard.
冯迪索在做俯卧撑时，并不是把自身往上推，而是在把地球向下推。
Féng dí suǒ zài zuò fǔwòchēng shí, bìngbù shì bǎ zìshēn wǎng shàng tuī, érshì zài bǎ dìqiú xiàngxià tuī.
When Vin Diesel does pushups, he's not pushing himself up - he's pushing the Earth down.
Character Family
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