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Definitions

  1. 1. good fortune
  2. 2. happiness
  3. 3. luck

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Words Containing 福

祸福吉凶
huò fú jí xiōng

fate

有福同享,有难同当
yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu nàn tóng dāng

To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse

薛福成
xuē fú chéng

Xue Fucheng (1838-1894), Qing official and progressive political theorist

汉福斯
hàn fú sī

Hønefoss, city (and soccer team) in Buskerud, Norway

罗斯福
luó sī fú

Roosevelt (name)

福田区
fú tián qū

Futian district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong

福斯
fú sī

Fox Entertainment Group

幸福
xìng fú

happiness

福音书
fú yīn shū

gospel

布拉德福德
bù lā dé fú dé

Bradford, city in West Yorkshire, England

福兴
fú xīng

Fuxing or Fuhsing Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan

祈福
qí fú

to pray for blessings

法兰克福车展
fǎ lán kè fú chē zhǎn

the Frankfurt Motor Show

德雷福斯案件
dé léi fú sī àn jiàn

Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice

幸福学
xìng fú xué

eudemonics

福利院
fú lì yuàn

welfare agency

徐福
xú fú

Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer

符类福音
fú lèi fú yīn

synoptic gospels (i.e. Matthew, Mark and Luke, with similar accounts and chronology)

福煦
fú xù

Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), leading French general and commander-in-chief of allied forces in the latter stages of World War One

福克兰群岛
fú kè lán qún dǎo

Falkland Islands

安福
ān fú

Anfu county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi

福林
fú lín

forint (Hungarian currency) (loanword)

福贡县
fú gòng xiàn

Fugong county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[nù jiāng lì sù zú zì zhì zhōu] in northwest Yunnan

福星高照
fú xīng gāo zhào

lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign

乐福鞋
lè fú xié

loafer shoes (loanword)

加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校
jiā lì fú ní yà dà xué luò shān jī fēn xiào

UCLA

索福克勒斯
suǒ fú kè lè sī

Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Oedipus the King

加利福尼亚
jiā lì fú ní yà

California

福维克
fú wéi kè

Vorwerk (brand)

福清市
fú qīng shì

Fuqing, county-level city in Fuzhou 福州[fú zhōu], Fujian

福海县
fú hǎi xiàn

Fuhai county or Burultoqay nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[ā lè tài dì qū], Xinjiang

家乐福
jiā lè fú

Carrefour, French supermarket chain

福尔摩斯
fú ěr mó sī

Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯[xiē luò kè · fú ěr mó sī]

福寿
fú shòu

happiness and longevity

福佬
fú lǎo

Hoklo

祈福禳灾
qí fú ráng zāi

to pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions)

福楼拜
fú lóu bài

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French realist novelist, author of Madame Bovary

福安市
fú ān shì

Fu'an, county-level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[níng dé], Fujian

安福县
ān fú xiàn

Anfu county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi

赫福特郡
hè fú tè jùn

Hertfordshire (English county)

有福
yǒu fú

to be blessed

作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú

tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people

福气
fú qi

good fortune

福无双至
fú wú shuāng zhì

blessings never come in pairs (idiom)

清福
qīng fú

carefree and comfortable life (esp. in retirement)

福利
fú lì

material benefit

五福临门
wǔ fú lín mén

lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death)

福田康夫
fú tián kāng fū

FUKUDA Yasuo (1936-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2007-2008

福山区
fú shān qū

Fushan district of Yantai city 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong

来福枪
lái fú qiāng

rifle (loanword)

斯坦福大学
sī tǎn fú dà xué

Stanford University

歇洛克·福尔摩斯
xiē luò kè · fú ěr mó sī

Sherlock Holmes

法兰克福学派
fǎ lán kè fú xué pài

Frankfurt School

祸福与共
huò fú yǔ gòng

to stick together through thick and thin (idiom)

福袋
fú dài

fukubukuro or \lucky bag\, Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount

一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú

to feast one's eyes on (idiom)

福山
fú shān

Fushan district of Yantai city 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong

添福添寿
tiān fú tiān shòu

to increase luck and longevity

玛窦福音
mǎ dòu fú yīn

Gospel according to St Matthew

景福宫
jǐng fú gōng

Gyeongbokgung palace in central Seoul

埃文河畔斯特拉特福
āi wén hé pàn sī tè lā tè fú

Stratford-upon-Avon

若望福音
ruò wàng fú yīn

Gospel according to St John

福贡
fú gòng

Fugong county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[nù jiāng lì sù zú zì zhì zhōu] in northwest Yunnan

永福县
yǒng fú xiàn

Yongfu county in Guilin 桂林[guì lín], Guangxi

法兰克福汇报
fǎ lán kè fú huì bào

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

冥福
míng fú

afterlife happiness

开福
kāi fú

Kaifu district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[cháng shā shì], Hunan

福利品
fú lì pǐn

reconditioned or showroom item

大难不死,必有后福
dà nàn bù sǐ , bì yǒu hòu fú

one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster (proverb)

福田
fú tián

field for growing happiness

马可福音
mǎ kě fú yīn

Gospel according to St Mark

索福克里斯
suǒ fú kè lǐ sī

Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek playwright

法兰克福证券交易所
fǎ lán kè fú zhèng quàn jiāo yì suǒ

Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE)

福布斯
fú bù sī

Forbes (US publisher)

福利事业
fú lì shì yè

welfare services

大饱口福
dà bǎo kǒu fú

to eat one's fill

马太福音
mǎ tài fú yīn

Gospel according to St Matthew

加利福尼亚理工学院
jiā lì fú ní yà lǐ gōng xué yuàn

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú

fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment

遐福
xiá fú

great and lasting happiness

斯福尔瓦尔
sī fú ěr wǎ ěr

Svolvær (city in Nordland, Norway)

福冈
fú gāng

Fukuoka, capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan

祸福无常
huò fú wú cháng

disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable

洪福齐天
hóng fú qí tiān

flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign

福科
fú kē

Michel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher

塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú

it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

福利政策
fú lì zhèng cè

welfare policy

福斯特
fú sī tè

Foster or Forster (name)

发福
fā fú

to put on weight

福海
fú hǎi

Fuhai county or Burultoqay nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[ā lè tài dì qū], Xinjiang

弗莱福兰
fú lái fú lán

Flevoland, province in Netherlands

史丹福大学
shǐ dān fú dà xué

Stanford University

快乐幸福
kuài lè xìng fú

cheerful

福特
fú tè

Ford (name)

万福玛丽亚
wàn fú mǎ lì yà

Hail Mary

斯特拉特福
sī tè lā tè fú

Stratford (place name)

福岛县
fú dǎo xiàn

Fukushima prefecture in north Japan

福泉
fú quán

Fuquan, county-level city in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[qián nán zhōu], Guizhou

诺福克岛
nuò fú kè dǎo

Norfolk Island

福安
fú ān

Fu'an, county-level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[níng dé], Fujian

福寿螺
fú shòu luó

giant Amazon snail (Ampullaria gigas spix) that has devastated rice paddies in China since its introduction in the 1980s

特敏福
tè mǐn fú

oseltamivir

福尔
fú ěr

Félix Faure (1841-1899), president of France 1895-1899

造福社群
zào fú shè qún

to benefit the community

造福
zào fú

to benefit (e.g. the people)

福星
fú xīng

mascot

加利福尼亚州
jiā lì fú ní yà zhōu

California

福祉
fú zhǐ

well-being

埃尔福特
āi ěr fú tè

Erfurt (German city)

法兰克福
fǎ lán kè fú

Frankfurt (Germany)

祸福
huò fú

disaster and happiness

艳福
yàn fú

luck with women

福柯
fú kē

Michel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher

托福
tuō fú

TOEFL

杨福家
yáng fú jiā

Yang Fujia (1936-), nuclear physicist

无福消受
wú fú xiāo shòu

unfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom)

祝福
zhù fú

blessings

福分
fú fen

one's happy lot; good fortune

庸人庸福
yōng rén yōng fú

fools have good fortune (idiom)

克劳福德
kè láo fú dé

Crawford (town in Texas)

福鼎
fú dǐng

Fuding, county-level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[níng dé], Fujian

坐吃享福
zuò chī xiǎng fú

vegetative existence

享清福
xiǎng qīng fú

to live in ease and comfort

福兴乡
fú xīng xiāng

Fuxing or Fuhsing Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan

福特汽车
fú tè qì chē

Ford Motor Company

口福
kǒu fú

happy knack for chancing upon fine food

福泽
fú zé

good fortune

福建
fú jiàn

Fujian province (Fukien) in Taiwan

福寿绵长
fú shòu mián cháng

good luck and long life

身在福中不知福
shēn zài fú zhōng bù zhī fú

to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off

大饱眼福
dà bǎo yǎn fú

to feast one's eyes

达尔福尔
dá ěr fú ěr

Darfur (western province of Sudan)

纳福
nà fú

to accept a life of ease

塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú

it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

福摩萨
fú mó sà

Formosa

福地
fú dì

happy land

福如东海
fú rú dōng hǎi

may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom)

全家福
quán jiā fú

photograph of the entire family

福晋
fú jìn

in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife

福州
fú zhōu

Fuzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian province in east China

惜福
xī fú

to appreciate one's good fortune

威福自己
wēi fú zì jǐ

to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)

降福
jiàng fú

blessings from heaven

开福区
kāi fú qū

Kaifu district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[cháng shā shì], Hunan

哈特福德
hā tè fú dé

Hartford

卢瑟福
lú sè fú

Rutherford (name)

路加福音
lù jiā fú yīn

Gospel according to St Luke

福克纳
fú kè nà

William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet

威廉·福克纳
wēi lián · fú kè nà

William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet

饱眼福
bǎo yǎn fú

to feast one's eyes on (idiom)

齐人之福
qí rén zhī fú

lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom)

有福同享,有祸同当
yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu huò tóng dāng

To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse

慈福行动
cí fú xíng dòng

Operation Blessing (charitable relief organization)

儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú

younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)

蒲福风级
pú fú fēng jí

Beaufort scale for wind speed

福马林
fú mǎ lín

formalin (loanword)

福相
fú xiàng

facial expression of good fortune

痴人痴福
chī rén chī fú

a fool suffers foolish fortune (idiom)

福鼎市
fú dǐng shì

Fuding, county-level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[níng dé], Fujian

福州市
fú zhōu shì

Fuzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian province in east China

福克
fú kè

Fock or Foch (name)

来福线
lái fú xiàn

rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)

斯坦福·莱佛士
sī tǎn fú · lái fó shì

Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore

加利福尼亚大学
jiā lì fú ní yà dà xué

University of California

傻人有傻福
shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú

fortune favors fools (idiom)

德雷福斯
dé léi fú sī

Dreyfus (name)

眼福
yǎn fú

a treat for the eyes

因祸得福
yīn huò dé fú

to have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom)

赐福
cì fú

to bless

福报
fú bào

karmic reward (Buddhism)

斯坦福
sī tǎn fú

Stanford (University)

福音
fú yīn

good news

福建省
fú jiàn shěng

Fujian province (Fukien) in Taiwan

金钱不能买来幸福
jīn qián bù néng mǎi lái xìng fú

money can't buy happiness

博福斯
bó fú sī

Bofors, Swedish arms company involved in major corruption case during 1980s

福斯塔夫
fú sī tǎ fū

Falstaff (Shakespearian character)

帕福斯
pà fú sī

Paphos, Cyprus

享福
xiǎng fú

to live comfortably

约翰福音
yuē hàn fú yīn

Gospel according to St John

福清
fú qīng

Fuqing, county-level city in Fuzhou 福州[fú zhōu], Fujian

造福万民
zào fú wàn mín

to benefit thousands of people

福娃
fú wá

Fuwa (official 2008 Olympic mascots)

洪福
hóng fú

good fortune

福泽谕吉
fú zé yù jí

Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901), prominent Japanese Westernizer, liberal educator and founder of Keio University

福克斯
fú kè sī

Fox (media company)

多子多福
duō zǐ duō fú

the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)

福冈县
fú gāng xiàn

Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

永福
yǒng fú

Yongfu county in Guilin 桂林[guì lín], Guangxi

福委会
fú wěi huì

welfare committee

福泉市
fú quán shì

Fuquan, county-level city in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[qián nán zhōu], Guizhou