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Meaning of 扑

Pinyin pū

Radical

扌

Strokes

Definition

to rush at / to throw oneself on, rush on

Usage

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扑 pū （动） 1. 轻打，拍：beat; strike 例：扑粉 (wipe powder); 扑蝇 (swat a fly); 扑打 (pat or hit). 2. 击拂的用具：a whisking tool; puff. 例：粉扑 (make-up puff). 3. 冲：rush at; attack. 例：扑灭 (extinguish); 扑救 (rush to rescue). 4. 相搏击：fight with each other; grapple. 例：相扑 (wrestle); 扑跌 (tumble). 5. 跌倒：fall; drop down. 例：扑地 (fall to the ground). 6. 伏：bend over; lie down. 例：扑在桌上看书 (lie on the table to read). 7. 杖，戒尺：rod; teacher's ruler; also signifies one of the nine punishments in ancient China. 8. 直冲：rush at someone or something. 例：如:孩子一下子扑到他妈的怀里去 (the child suddenly lunged into his mother's arms). 9. 赌博：gamble. 例：如:扑卖 (a gambling technique in Song and Yuan dynasty used by small merchants). 10. 尽全力：devote oneself fully. 例：如:一心扑在集体事业上 (devote oneself entirely to the collective cause). 11. 〈方〉伏，趴：bend over. 例：如:扑在桌上看地图 (bent over the table looking at the map). 12. 喻指烟、气之属直冲(人的感官)：assail (as smoke or gas does to a person's senses). 例：如:扑面 (assail the face with smoke). 扑毬 pū qiú （名） 1. 某些拍、拭的用具：a whisking tool; puff. 例：如:粉扑 (make-up puff); 毬扑 (a puff used in ball games). 2. 棰杖：rod; a type of stick. 例：古代体罚用具。扑 pū （名） 1. 鞭子;戒尺：whip; teacher's ruler for beating students; historically used for corporal punishment. 例：如:扑罚 (punishment with a whip); 扑挞 (to whip).

扑哧 pū chī

titter / snigger

扑噜 pū lū

Flutter

扑通 pū tōng

(onom.) sound of object falling into water / plop

扑灭 pū miè

to eradicate / to extinguish

猛扑 měng pū

to charge / to pounce on / to swoop down on

扑面 pū miàn

lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils

拓扑 tuò pū

(loanword) topology (math.) / topology of a network (computing)

扑鼻 pū bí

to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odours)

拓扑学 tuò pū xué

topology (math.)

扑面而来 pū miàn ér lái

lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils

反扑 fǎn pū

to counterattack / to come back after a defeat / to retrieve lost ground

扑朔迷离 pū shuò mí lí

impossible to unravel / confusing

扑簌簌 pū sù sù

Fluttering

相扑 xiāng pū

sumo wrestling / also pr. [xiang4 pu1]

扑克 pū kè

poker (game) (loanword) / playing cards

扑打 pū dǎ

to swat / (of wings) to flap

扑克牌 pū kè pái

poker (card game) / playing card / CL:副[fu4]

红扑扑 hóng pū pū

red / rosy / flushed

扑救 pū jiù

firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)

扑腾 pū teng

(onom.) thud / flutter / flop

扑空 pū kōng

lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles

扑棱棱 pū lēng léng

Fluttering

扑簌 pū sù

trickling down

飞蛾扑火 fēi é pū huǒ

the moth flies into the flame / fatal attraction

颠扑不破 diān pū bù pò

solid / irrefutable / incontrovertible / indisputable / unbreakable

饿虎扑食 è hǔ pū shí

like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey