HSK 6 · Work

副 fù “deputy” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 副 means

  1. deputy
  2. vice-
  3. (measure word for pairs, sets or facial expressions)
  4. secondary
  5. auxiliary
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • assistant

How to say 副

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale副fù4th tone, falling

副 in a sentence

  1. 这副眼镜多少钱？

    Zhè fù yǎnjìng duōshǎo qián?

    How much are these glasses?

    Sentence #827570 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 他摆出一副无辜的样子。

    Tā bǎichū yí fù wúgū de yàngzi.

    He put on an innocent look.

    Sentence #8795204 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 副 also means “secondary”, as in 副作用 “side effect”

    这药没有副作用。

    Zhè yào méiyǒu fùzuòyòng.

    This medicine has no side effects.

    Sentence #845133 from Tatoeba

How 副 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 副 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
副fùsecondary
  • 畐to fillSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 畐 () hints at the sound. Compare it with fù.

How to write 副

副 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

副 (fù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 副 (fù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 副

Words with 副

名副其实míngfùqíshí · worthy of the name

More words: Work & Career

档案dàng'àn · file调动diàodòng · to transfer董事长dǒngshìzhǎng · chairman of the board反馈fǎnkuì · feedback附属fùshǔ · affiliated盖章gàizhāng · to stamp (with a seal)岗位gǎngwèi · post公关gōngguān · public relations

FAQs

副 (fù) means “deputy” or “vice-”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fù: fù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 副 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 副 from the suggestions. Typing fu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
副 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.