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HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

  1. 1. to throw oneself at
  2. 2. to pounce on
  3. 3. to devote one's energies
  4. 4. to flap
  5. 5. to flutter
  6. 6. to dab
  7. 7. to pat
  8. 8. to bend over

Words Containing 扑

拓扑
tuò pū

(loanword) topology (math.)

打扑克
dǎ pū kè

to play cards

几何拓扑学
jǐ hé tuò pū xué

(math.) geometric topology

香味扑鼻
xiāng wèi pū bí

exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)

扑腾
pū teng

(onom.) thud

扑落
pū luò

to fall

扑棱
pū leng

to do sth repeatedly

扑热息痛
pū rè xī tòng

paracetamol (loanword)

几何拓扑
jǐ hé tuò pū

(math.) geometric topology

扑袭
pū xí

(of an animal) to pounce (on its prey)

代数拓扑
dài shù tuò pū

algebraic topology (math.)

飞蛾扑火
fēi é pū huǒ

the moth flies into the flame

扑救
pū jiù

firefighting

起扑杆
qǐ pū gān

chipper (golf)

起扑
qǐ pū

chip shot (golf)

扑杀
pū shā

to kill

扑朔
pū shuò

see 撲朔迷離|扑朔迷离[pū shuò mí lí]

扑跌
pū diē

to fall flat on one's face

粉扑
fěn pū

powder puff (cosmetics)

扑灭
pū miè

to eradicate

扑鼻
pū bí

to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)

扑空
pū kōng

lit. to rush at thin air

扑克牌
pū kè pái

poker (card game)

扑倒
pū dǎo

to fall down

扑满
pū mǎn

piggy bank

艾扑西龙
ài pū xī lóng

epsilon (Greek letter Εε)

红扑扑
hóng pū pū

red

扑扇
pū shan

to flutter

跌扑
diē pū

to tumble

反扑
fǎn pū

to counterattack

扑打
pū dǎ

to swat

拓扑结构
tuò pū jié gòu

topological structure

扑朔迷离
pū shuò mí lí

impossible to unravel

扑闪
pū shǎn

to wink

猛扑
měng pū

to charge

异香扑鼻
yì xiāng pū bí

exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)

扑棱
pū lēng

(onom.) fluttering or flapping of wings

拓扑学
tuò pū xué

topology (math.)

颠扑不破
diān pū bù pò

solid; unbreakable

扑面
pū miàn

lit. sth hits one in the face

相扑
xiāng pū

sumo wrestling

扑责
pū zé

to punish by flogging

饿虎扑食
è hǔ pū shí

like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey

扑通
pū tōng

(onom.) sound of object falling into water

拓扑空间
tuò pū kōng jiān

topological space (math.)

扑面而来
pū miàn ér lái

lit. sth hits one in the face

扑克
pū kè

poker (game) (loanword)