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福
Mandarin · pinyin fú#
Meanings · fú
- good fortune
- happiness
- luck
Mandarin · pinyin Fú#
Meanings · Fú
- surname Fu
- abbr. for Fujian province 福建省 Fú jiàn Shěng
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- 福
- fú · happiness, good fortune, blessing
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Mandarin tones
2 · fu2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fu3 · fuk1
Cantonese word readings for 福. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- blessing; happiness; prosperity; good fortune
- (obsolete) to bless
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 福建 (Fújiàn, “Fujian”)
- a surname, Fu
character · Etymology 2
- (Mainland China, neologism, slang, euphemistic) alternative form of 逼(屄 (bī, “cunt; fucking”))
character · Etymology 4
- only used in 長福／长福 (Tn̂g-pak, “a place in Longhai, Fujian”)
character · Etymology 5
- only used in 上福 (Chiūⁿ-phah, “a place in Quanzhou, Fujian”)
character · Etymology 6
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) (used in place names)
character · Etymology 7
- only used in 福埔 (Hiahⁿ-po͘, “a place in Jinjiang, Fujian”)
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