俯
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to look down; to stoop
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How 俯 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 府 (phonetic, fǔ)
How to remember it
bow one’s head · Heisig RSH #827
人 person + 府 government office
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 府
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 府 (fǔ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 府 sound component | fǔ | prefect; prefecture, government |
| 腑 | fǔ | bowels, entrails, viscera |
Words containing 俯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前俯后仰 | qián fǔ hòu yǎng | to rock one's body backward and forward; to be convulsed (with laughter etc) |
| 俯仰之间 | fǔ yǎng zhī jiān | in a flash |
| 俯首称臣 | fǔ shǒu chēng chén | to bow before (idiom); to capitulate |
| 俯角 | fǔ jiǎo | (math.) angle of depression |
| 俯身 | fǔ shēn | to lean over; to bend over; to stoop; to bow |
| 俯首帖耳 | fǔ shǒu tiē ěr | bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient; at sb's beck and call |
| 俯视 | fǔ shì | to overlook; to look down at |
| 与世俯仰 | yǔ shì fǔ yǎng | to swim with the tide (idiom) |
| 俯首 | fǔ shǒu | to bend one's head |
| 俯看 | fǔ kàn | to look down at |
| 俯冲 | fǔ chōng | to dive down fast; to swoop down |
| 屈尊俯就 | qū zūn fǔ jiù | to condescend; condescending; patronizing |
| 俯拾即是 | fǔ shí jí shì | see 俯拾皆是[fu3 shi2 jie1 shi4] |
| 俯就 | fǔ jiù | to deign; to condescend; to yield to (entreaties); to submit to (sb); (polite) to deign to… |
| 俯仰无愧 | fǔ yǎng wú kuì | to have a clear conscience |
| 俯伏 | fǔ fú | to lie prostrate |
| 俯拾皆是 | fǔ shí jiē shì | lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom); fig. extremely co… |
| 俯卧 | fǔ wò | to lie prone |
| 俯瞰摄影 | fǔ kàn shè yǐng | crane shot; boom shot (photography) |
| 俯卧撑 | fǔ wò chēng | push-up; press-up (exercise) |