Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- pū
English
- pound, beat, strike
- to throw oneself at
- (verb) Put on (make-up powder)
- attack
- to pounce on
- to devote one's energies
- to flap
- to flutter
- to dab
- to pat
- to bend over
- to throw oneself on; to pounce on
- to hunt small animals or insects; to search or to seek eagerly
粵語
- 急速衝前，用身體撞向對方
- 打獵小動物；引申為「極力尋求」嘅意思
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 撲
- 撲滅pok3 mit6
to eradicate
- 相撲soeng1 pok3
sumo wrestling
- 撲水pok3 seoi2
to raise money urgently; to run around gathering funds due to an emergency
- 撲面pok3 min6
lit. sth hits one in the face
- 撲飛pok3 fei1
the act of running here and there to buy ticket(s) (normally for concert)
- 飛撲fei1 pok3
to swoop [written and colloquial]
- 撲救pok3 gau3
firefighting
- 撲空pok3 hung1
lit. to rush at thin air
- 粉撲fan2 pok3
powder puff (cosmetics)
- 撲鼻pok3 bei6
to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)
- 頻撲pan4 pok3
(slang) flitting; darting from place to place
- 撲克牌pok3 hak1 paai2
poker (card game)
- 撲克pok3 hak1
poker (game) (loanword)
- 起撲hei2 pok3
chip shot (golf)
- 撲滿pok3 mun5
piggy bank
- 撲落pok3 lok6
to fall
- 撲料pok3 liu2
to search everywhere for news
- 撲閃pok3 sim2
to wink
- 跌撲dit3 pok3
to tumble
- 拓撲學tok3 pok3 hok6
(math.) topology
- 撲朔pok3 sok3
see 撲朔迷離|扑朔迷离[pu1 shuo4 mi2 li2]
- 打撲克daa2 pok3 hak1
to play cards
- 反撲faan2 pok3
to counterattack
- 撲打pok3 daa2
to swat