Chinese words starting with “pu”
13 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable pu. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 4 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial p · final u · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 4
- 2nd tone 3
- 3rd tone 4
- 4th tone 2
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 普通pǔ tōngHSK 2
common; ordinary; general; average
- 普遍pǔ biànHSK 3
universal; general; widespread; common
- 普通话pǔ tōng huàHSK 2
Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech
- 普及pǔ jíHSK 3
to spread extensively; to generalize; widespread; popular; universal; ubiquitous; pervasive
All 13 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 铺 | pù | v | plank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station | |
| 2 | 扑 | pū | v,o | to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over | |
| 3 | 谱 | pǔ | g,v | chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music | |
| 4 | 葡萄 | pú tao | n | grape | |
| 5 | 葡萄酒 | pú tao jiǔ | n | (grape) wine | |
| 6 | 普通人 | pǔ tōng rén | n | ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street | |
| 7 | 瀑布 | pù bù | n | waterfall | |
| 8 | 扑克 | pū kè | n | poker (game) (loanword); playing cards | |
| 9 | 朴素 | pǔ sù | a | plain and simple; unadorned; simple living; not frivolous | |
| 10 | 菩萨 | pú sà | n | Bodhisattva (Buddhism) | |
| 11 | 朴实 | pǔ shí | a | plain; simple; guileless; down-to-earth; sincere and honest | |
| 12 | 铺路 | pū lù | v,vn | to pave (with paving stones); to lay a road; (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth); to give a present to sb to ensure success | |
| 13 | 扑面而来 | pū miàn ér lái | v | lit. sth hits one in the face; directly in one's face; sth assaults the senses; blatant (advertising); eye-catching; (a smell) assaults the nostrils |
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