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Keyword
servant
  • to fall forward
  • prostrate
  • prone
Frequency
#2114
Strokes
4
Readings
pú
Mnemonic
亻 (person) gives the meaning and 卜 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
女仆nǚpú
female servant; maid
仆pú
servant
公仆gōngpú
public servant
仆pū
to fall forward; to fall prostrate
前仆后继qiánpūhòujì
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades; advancing wave upon wave
太仆寺Tàipúsì
Court of imperial stud, office originally charged with horse breeding; Taibus banner in Xilingol League 锡林郭勒盟 (XīlínguōlèMéng), Inner Mongolia
主仆zhǔpú
master and servant
风尘仆仆fēngchénpúpú
lit. covered in dust (idiom); fig. travel-worn
太仆寺旗TàipúsìQí
Taibus Banner in Xilingol League 锡林郭勒盟 (XīlínguōlèMéng), Inner Mongolia
太仆tàipú
ministerial title in imperial China (in the Qin and Han dynasties, the minister responsible for the imperial stables)
僮仆tóngpú
boy servant