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撲

简扑 · 繁撲

Mandarin · pinyin pū

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撲: Look up this written character
扑: pū · pound, beat, strike; attack

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1 · pu1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pok3

Cantonese word readings for 撲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to beat; to strike
to pat; to slap
to dab; to smear; to apply
to rest one's upper body on a surface; to bend over a surface
(American (1980–)) to pull over
a surname, Pu

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese, of paint) to bulge; to swell
(Cantonese, of paint) bulge

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