撲

pū

pound, beat, strike; attack

How to write 撲, 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 菐

Made of 扌 + 菐

撲克牌pū kè páipoker (card game); playing card
撲滅pū mièto eradicate; to extinguish
撲通pū tōng(onom.) sound of object falling into water; plop
相撲xiāng pūsumo wrestling; also pr. [xiang4 pu1]
撲倒pū dǎoto fall down
反撲fǎn pūto counterattack; to come back after a defeat; to retrieve lost ground
打撲克dǎ pū kèto play cards; to play poker
撲扇pū shanto flutter; to flap
撲打pū dǎto swat; (of wings) to flap
撲救pū jiùfirefighting; to extinguish a fire and save life and property; to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)
撲殺pū shāto kill; to cull
撲滿pū mǎnpiggy bank

他是一個撲克牌高手。
tā shì yí gè pū kè pái gāo shǒu 。
He is very good at poker.
火馬上就被撲熄了。
huǒ mǎ shàng jiù bèi pū xī le 。
The fire was extinguished at once.
消防隊很快就把大火撲熄。
xiāo fáng duì hěn kuài jiù bǎ dà huǒ pū xī 。
The firemen quickly extinguished the blaze.
他們同心協力地把火撲熄了。
tā mén tóng xīn xié lì dì bǎ huǒ pū xī le 。
They worked together to put out the fire.
你很瞭解相撲。
nǐ hěn liào jiě xiāng pū 。
You know quite a lot about sumo.