仆 (pū): to fall forward, to fall prostrate, servant
仆 (pū) is a Chinese character meaning “to fall forward.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 卜 (phonetic). It ranks #1795 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 仆 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- to fall forward
- to fall prostrate
- servant
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仆人 | pú rén | servant |
| 女仆 | nǚ pú | female servant |
| 公仆 | gōng pú | public servant |
| 奴仆 | nú pú | servant |
| 仆役 | pú yì | servant |
| 前仆后继 | qián pū hòu jì | one falls, the next follows (idiom) |
| 主仆 | zhǔ pú | master and servant |
| 风尘仆仆 | fēng chén pú pú | lit. covered in dust (idiom) |
| 更仆难数 | gēng pú nán shǔ | too many to count |
| 太仆 | tài pú | ministerial title in imperial China (in the Qin and Han dynasties, the minister responsible for the imperial stables) |
| 太仆寺 | tài pú sì | Court of imperial stud, office originally charged with horse breeding |
| 太仆寺旗 | tài pú sì qí | Taibus Banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia |
| 仆欧 | pú ōu | (old) waiter (loanword from "boy") |
| 仆街 | pū jiē | drop dead! |
| 太仆寺卿 | tài pú sì qīng | Minister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding |
仆 appears in 18 compound words: 22 as the first character, 44 as the last, and 33 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 仆 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
这位老仆虽然年过八旬，但身体依然硬朗。
zhè wèi lǎo pū suī rán nián guò bā xún , dàn shēn tī yī rán yìng lǎng .
Though over eighty years old, the old servant remained in robust health.
宏福苑|屈颖妍:公仆以“唔关我事”推诿 结果现在人人都关事
hóng fú 苑 qū yǐng 妍 : gōng pū yǐ 唔 guān wǒ shì tuī 诿 jié guǒ xiàn zài rén rén dōu guān shì
内阁下令改进营业执照审批流程 公仆居家办公首阶涵盖特定区域
nèi gé xià lìng gǎi jìn yíng yè zhí zhào shěn pī liú chéng gōng pū jū jiā bàn gōng shǒu jiē hán gài tè dìng qū yù
71岁林建明打羽毛球前街头仆倒双膝擦损 叹年纪大:身体系弱咗
7 1 suì lín jiàn míng dǎ yǔ máo qiú qián jiē tóu pū dǎo shuāng xī cā sǔn tàn nián jì dà : shēn tǐ xì ruò 咗
特定公仆居家上班措施 甲州政府仍未商讨
tè dìng gōng pū jū jiā shàng bān cuò shī jiǎ zhōu zhèng fǔ réng wèi shāng tǎo
Kim出席奥斯卡派对当众仆亲 被助手托巨胸救驾
K i m chū xí ào sī kǎ pài duì dāng zhòng pū qīn bèi zhù shǒu tuō jù xiōng jiù jià
Kim fell flat on her face at an Oscars party, and her assistant stepped in to save the day by supporting her ample bust
心灵应该当一个好仆人，但心应该是主人。
Xīnlíng yīnggāi dāng yī gè hǎo púrén, dàn xīn yīnggāi shì zhǔrén.
The mind should be a good servant, but the heart should be the master.
汤姆让他的仆人们在黑暗下进餐。
Tāngmǔ ràng tā de púrén men zài hēi'àn xià jìncān.
Tom made his servants eat in the dark.
连他的仆人都鄙视他
Lián tā de púrén dōu bǐshì tā
Even his servants despised him.
江枫的仆人雇了十二生肖杀江枫，他们伏击了江枫和江枫的妻子月奴。
Jiāng Fēng de púrén gù le Shí èr Shēngxiào shā Jiāng Fēng, tāmen fújī le Jiāng Fēng hé Jiāng Fēng de qīzi Yuènú.
Jiang Feng's servant hired the "Twelve Zodiacs" to kill him. They ambushed him and his wife Yuenu.
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