HSK 6 · Society

俘虏 fúlǔ “prisoner of war” in Chinese

Traditional 俘虜

What 俘虏 means

  1. prisoner of war
  2. captive
  3. to capture
  4. to take prisoner
  5. a captive (usu. a prisoner of war)

How to say 俘虏

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale俘fú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale虏lǔ3rd tone, dipping

俘虏 in a sentence

  1. 在游戏里，他被敌人俘虏了。

    Zài yóuxì lǐ, tā bèi dírén fúlǔ le.

    In the game, he was captured by the enemy.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她的笑容俘虏了所有人的心。

    Tā de xiàoróng fúlǔ le suǒyǒu rén de xīn.

    Her smile captured everyone’s heart.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 俘虏 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 俘 (fú) with each of its parts in a different colour
俘fúto take prisoner
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 孚part of the characterSound part
The character 虏 (lǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
虏lǔprisoner of war
  • 虍tiger · hūSound part
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

力 hints at the meaning (strength); 虍 (hū) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǔ.

How to write 俘虏

俘 9 strokes · 虏 8 strokes

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

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

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FAQs

俘虏 (fúlǔ) means “prisoner of war” or “captive”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fúlǔ: fú with a 2nd tone, then lǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 俘虏 is written 俘虜. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fulu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 俘虏 from the suggestions. Typing fulu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
俘虏 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.