伏
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
fú fu2
- to lean over
- to fall (go down)
- to hide (in ambush)
- to conceal oneself
- to lie low
- hottest days of summer
- to submit
- to concede defeat
- to overcome
- to subdue
- volt
- surname Fu
Example sentences
- Life is full of ups and downs.
- In life there are ups and downs.
HSK words with 伏
More words with 伏
- 中伏 zhōngfú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏 (sān fú)), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
- 伏地 fúdì to lie prostrate
- 伏安 fúān volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits)
- 三伏 sānfú the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏 (chū fú), 中伏 (zhōng fú) and 末伏 (mò fú), which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
- 伏法 fúfǎ to be executed
- 出伏 chūfú to come to the end of the hottest period of the year (known as 三伏 (sān fú))
- 伏特 fútè (loanword) volt
- 平伏 píngfú to pacify
- 数伏 shǔfú to mark the start of the hottest period of the year, known as 三伏天 (sān fú tiān)