How to write 哺

哺 [bǔ] 1. To feed a child that cannot feed itself. 喂不会取食的幼儿。 2. Food held in the mouth. 口里含着的食物。 3. To nourish; refers generally to feeding young animals. 喂养。泛指禽兽喂养幼仔。 4. To eat. 吃食 ([En.] eat) 5. As in: 哺啜 (to eat and drink). 如:哺啜(饮食;吃喝)。 6. To imply nourishment or rearing. 喂养。泛指禽兽喂养幼仔 ([En.] feed) 7. To express through classical literature: - (From Han Shu): "Ceased eating and spat out food." 《汉书·高帝纪》：辍饭吐哺。 - (From Han Shu): "Children who swallow their food." 《汉书·匈奴传赞》：稚子咽哺。 - (From Cao Cao's Short Song): "Duke Zhou fed his guests, the world gradually united." 曹操《短歌行》：周公吐哺，天下归心。 8. Example phrase: "One meal, three spitting out of food." 又如:一饭三吐哺。 9. To illustrate from classical texts: - (From Chu Ci): "Everyone is drunk; why not eat the dregs and sip the soup?" 《楚辞·渔父》：众人皆醉，何不餔其糟而啜其醨? - (From Mencius): "You just follow Ziao and eat." 《孟子·离娄上》：子之从于子敖来，徒餔啜也。 10. Additional examples of usage: - 哺食 (to nourish; feed) - 哺鞠 (also means to rear or nurture) - 哺坊 (workshop for hatching chicks) - 哺鸡 (hens hatching eggs)