扑

pū

pound, beat, strike; attack

How to write 扑, stroke by stroke

to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over

Pictophonetic: semantic 扌 (hand), phonetic 卜

Made of 扌 + 卜

扑克牌pū kè páipoker (card game); playing card
扑灭pū mièto eradicate; to extinguish
扑通pū tōng(onom.) sound of object falling into water; plop
相扑xiāng pūsumo wrestling; also pr. [xiang4 pu1]
扑倒pū dǎoto fall down
反扑fǎn pūto counterattack; to come back after a defeat; to retrieve lost ground
打扑克dǎ pū kèto play cards; to play poker
扑扇pū shanto flutter; to flap
扑打pū dǎto swat; (of wings) to flap
扑救pū jiùfirefighting; to extinguish a fire and save life and property; to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)
扑杀pū shāto kill; to cull
扑满pū mǎnpiggy bank

消防队员把火扑灭了。
xiāo fáng duì yuán bǎ huǒ pū miè le 。
The fire fighters put out the fire.
蜡烛出去，而不必被扑灭。
là zhú chū qù ， ér bú bì bèi pū miè 。
The candle went out instead of having been put out.
把扑克牌放在橡木桌上。
bǎ pū kè pái fàng zài xiàng mù zhuō shàng 。
Place the deck of cards on the oaken table.
我饿得跟饿虎扑羊似的。
wǒ è dé gēn è hǔ pū yáng shì de 。
I'm as hungry as a horse.
我刚打开锅盖，一股恶臭就扑鼻而来。
wǒ gāng dǎ kāi guō gài ， yì gǔ è chòu jiù pū bí ér lái 。
I just opened the lid, and a foul smell filled my nose.