HSK 6 · Verbs

铺 pū “to spread” in Chinese

Traditional 鋪

What 铺 means

  1. to spread
  2. to lay
  3. to pave
  4. to display
  5. to set up

How to say 铺

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale铺pū1st tone, high and level

铺 in a sentence

  1. 她在她的床上铺了床单。

    Tā zài tā de chuáng shàng pū le chuángdān.

    She spread a sheet on her bed.

    Sentence #861346 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 地板上铺着地毯。

    Dìbǎn shàng pū zhe dìtǎn.

    The floor is covered with a carpet.

    Sentence #9849105 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 海水蓝蓝的，远远看去像一大片丝绸铺开。

    Hǎishuǐ lánlán de, yuǎnyuǎn kàn qù xiàng yí dà piàn sīchóu pūkāi.

    The sea is deep blue, and from afar it looks like a vast sheet of silk spread out.

    Sentence #13533880 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 铺 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 铺 (pū) with each of its parts in a different colour
铺pūto spread
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • 甫to begin · fǔSound part

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); 甫 (fǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with pū.

How to write 铺

铺 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 铺

More words: Common Verbs

拼命pīnmìng · desperately泼pō · to splash破例pòlì · to make an exception扑pū · to pounce on普及pǔjí · to popularise掐qiā · to pinch牵qiān · to lead (by the hand or a rope)牵扯qiānchě · to involve

FAQs

铺 (pū) means “to spread” or “to lay”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it pū: pū with a 1st 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, 铺 is written 鋪. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 铺 from the suggestions. Typing pu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
铺 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.