扑 (pū): to throw oneself at, to pounce on, to devote one's energies
扑 (pū) is a Chinese character meaning “to throw oneself at.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 卜 (phonetic). It ranks #1499 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 扑 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to throw oneself at
- to pounce on
- to devote one's energies
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 扑
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扑克 | pū kè | poker (game) (loanword) |
| 扑克牌 | pū kè pái | poker (card game) |
| 相扑 | xiāng pū | sumo wrestling |
| 扑通 | pū tōng | (onom.) sound of object falling into water |
| 扑救 | pū jiù | firefighting |
| 扑朔迷离 | pū shuò mí lí | impossible to unravel |
| 猛扑 | měng pū | to charge |
| 扑鼻 | pū bí | to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors) |
| 扑腾 | pū teng | (onom.) thud |
| 反扑 | fǎn pū | to counterattack |
| 扑面而来 | pū miàn ér lái | lit. sth hits one in the face |
| 拓扑 | tuò pū | (math.) (loanword) topology |
| 扑空 | pū kōng | lit. to rush at thin air |
| 扑面 | pū miàn | lit. sth hits one in the face |
| 红扑扑 | hóng pū pū | red |
扑 appears in 47 compound words: 53 as the first character, 19 as the last, and 28 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 扑 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
他扑了一个电话,约朋友晚上一起吃饭。
tā pū le yī gě diàn huà , yāo péng yǒu wǎn shǎng yī qǐ chī fàn .
He made a phone call to arrange dinner with a friend that evening.
...顶层最后1伙特色户“双破顶” 标售 尺价扑近3万|九龙湾新盘
. . . dǐng céng zuì hòu 1 huǒ tè sè hù shuāng pò dǐng biāo shòu chǐ jià pū jìn 3 wàn jiǔ lóng wān xīn pán
... The last unit of the top floor "double broke the top" was sold at a price of nearly 30,000 yuan per square foot|Kowloon Bay new project
禾确特:红军快入局轻松扑锤
hé què tè : hóng jūn kuài rù jú qīng sōng pū chuí
Hequete: The Reds are quick to enter the game and easily pounce on the hammer
吴宗宪、高捷现身士林!“德州扑克协会”祭300万奖金 开幕星光炸裂
wú zōng xiàn , gāo jié xiàn shēn shì lín ! dé zhōu pū kè xié huì jì 3 0 0 wàn jiǎng jīn kāi mù xīng guāng zhà liè
Wu Zongxian and Gao Jie appeared in Shilin!" Texas Hold'em Association" sacrificed 3 million prize money to open with stars
上海客“扑机票”昨夜来港买豪宅 老业主捱眼瞓签约 ...
shàng hǎi kè pū jī piào zuó yè lái gǎng mǎi háo zhái lǎo yè zhǔ 捱 yǎn 瞓 qiān yuē . . .
Shanghai guests "pounced on air tickets" came to Hong Kong last night to buy a mansion, and the old owner stayed up late to sign a contract...
排山倒海 扑面而来!六百只宋代瓷碗在这叠成墙
pái shān dǎo hǎi pū miàn ér lái ! liù bǎi zhī sòng dài cí wǎn zài zhè dié chéng qiáng
Overwhelming and coming! Six hundred Song Dynasty porcelain bowls are stacked on this wall
把扑克牌放在橡木桌上。
Bǎ pūkèpái fàng zài xiàngmù zhuō shàng.
Place the deck of cards on the oaken table.
要即时扑灭那火灾并不容易。
Yào jíshí pūmiè nà huǒzāi bìngbù róngyì.
It was not easy to put out the fire at once.
我刚打开锅盖,一股恶臭就扑鼻而来。
Wǒ gāng dǎkāi guōgài, yī gǔ èchòu jiù pūbí ér lái.
I just opened the lid, and a foul smell filled my nose.
火很快便被扑熄了,房子只受到轻微损坏。
Huǒ hěn kuài biàn bèi pū xī le, fángzi zhǐ shòudào qīngwēi sǔnhuài.
The house did not suffer much damage because the fire was quickly put out.
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