赴 (fù): to go, to visit (e.g. another country), to attend (a banquet etc)
赴 (fù) is a Chinese character meaning “to go.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 走 (semantic) and 卜 (phonetic). It ranks #1826 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 赴 walk. Its radical form 走 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 走 (zǒu, to walk), 起 (qǐ, to rise), 超 (chāo, to exceed).
Definitions
- to go
- to visit (e.g. another country)
- to attend (a banquet etc)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 全力以赴 | quán lì yǐ fù | to do at all costs |
| 赴汤蹈火 | fù tāng dǎo huǒ | lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom) |
| 赴约 | fù yuē | to keep an appointment |
| 赴宴 | fù yàn | to attend a banquet |
| 奔赴 | bēn fù | to rush to |
| 赶赴 | gǎn fù | to hurry |
| 开赴 | kāi fù | (of troops) to depart for |
| 前赴后继 | qián fù hòu jì | to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom) |
| 单刀赴会 | dān dāo fù huì | lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) |
| 赴任 | fù rèn | to travel to take up a new post |
| 反美是工作赴美是生活 | fǎn měi shì gōng zuò fù měi shì shēng huó | being anti-American is the job, but life is in America (jocular comment made about public figures who are brazenly xe... |
| 走马赴任 | zǒu mǎ fù rèn | see 走馬上任|走马上任[zou3 ma3 shang4 ren4] |
| 努力以赴 | nǔ lì yǐ fù | to use one's best efforts to do sth (idiom) |
| 违利赴名 | wéi lì fù míng | to renounce profit and seek fame (idiom) |
| 赴会 | fù huì | to go to a meeting |
赴 appears in 28 compound words: 39 as the first character, 32 as the last, and 29 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 赴 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (10)
to carry out a public execution in a city center (as a warning to others)
lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom); fig. to go alone into enemy lines
to defy all difficulties and dangers; to fear and shun no difficulties or dangers
heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
to renounce profit and seek fame (idiom); to abandon greed for reputation; to choose fame over fortune
to carry out a public execution in a city center (as a warning to others)
lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom); fig. to go alone into enemy lines
to defy all difficulties and dangers; to fear and shun no difficulties or dangers
heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
to renounce profit and seek fame (idiom); to abandon greed for reputation; to choose fame over fortune
Example Sentences
赴字由9笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
fù zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "赴" consists of nine strokes, with a remarkably ingenious structure.
赴日注意!乱丢“1物”恐触法 日媒:最高罚...
fù rì zhù yì ! luàn diū 1 wù kǒng chù fǎ rì méi : zuì gāo fá . . .
Attention to Japan! Throwing "1 thing" indiscriminately may violate the law Japanese media: maximum penalty...
历史上的今天/1958年台南安定乌脚病患赴台大医院治疗
lì shǐ shàng de jīn tiān 1 9 5 8 nián tái nán ān dìng wū jiǎo bìng huàn fù tái dà yī yuàn zhì liáo
Today in history/In 1958, a black-footed patient in Anding, Tainan went to National Taiwan University Hospital for treatment
“民歌50”唱进湾区,共赴岁月的约定
mín gē 5 0 chàng jìn wān qū , gòng fù suì yuè de yuē dìng
"Folk Song 50" sung into the Bay Area and went to the agreement of the years
钢厂赴美设点开出第一枪 API石油钢管大厂天声...
gāng hǎn fù měi shè diǎn kāi chū dì yī qiāng A P I shí yóu gāng guǎn dà hǎn tiān shēng . . .
The steel mill went to the United States to set up a point and fired the first shot API petroleum steel pipe manufacturer Tiansheng...
...中国行丨中国年遇上“送冬节”:中俄民众共赴春天..
. . . zhōng guó háng 丨 zhōng guó nián yù shàng sòng dōng jié : zhōng é mín zhòng gòng fù chūn tiān . .
... China Tour丨Chinese New Year meets the "Winter Festival": Chinese and Russian people go to spring together:
我朋友邀我共赴晚餐。
Wǒ péngyou yāo wǒ gòngfù wǎncān.
My friends invited me to dinner.
我们全力以赴来完成工作。
Wǒmen quánlìyǐfù lái wánchéng gōngzuò.
We went all out to get the job done.
很多游客赴京都旅游。
Hěn duō yóukè fù Jīngdū lǚyóu.
Kyoto is visited by many tourists.
Character Family
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