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Mandarin · pinyin fù#

variant of 復 fù
to reply to a letter

Mandarin · pinyin fù#

to cover
to overflow
to overturn
to capsize

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覆: fù · cover; tip over; return; reply
复: fù · return; repeat; repeatedly

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4 · fu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fau6 · fu3 · fuk1

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to cover
to tip over; to overturn; to flip over
(obsolete) to pour out
to return (simplifies to 复)
to reply (simplifies to 复)
to destroy; to overturn; to perish
again
(Hokkien) to lie on one's stomach; to rest one's body on a surface
(Mainland China Hokkien) to press close to; to nestle up against

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