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伏
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- 伏
- fú · crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal
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Mandarin tones
2 · fu2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
buk6 · fuk6
Cantonese word readings for 伏. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- to lie prostrate
- to crouch; to crawl
- to ambush; to lie hidden
- to hide; to conceal
- to surrender; to yield
- to accept; to submit; to bear; to endure
- to subdue
- to go down; to fall down
- to remain; to wait for
- to remove
- residence
- hottest days of summer
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) below expectation; worse than anticipated; trappy
- (obsolete) horizontal wooden bar in front of a carriage chair
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 伏特 (fútè, “volt”)
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 服
- a surname, Fu
character · Etymology 1
- (archaic or dialectal) to hatch
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