HSK 6 · Verbs

欺负 qīfu “to bully” in Chinese

Traditional 欺負

What 欺负 means

  1. to bully
  2. to pick on

How to say 欺负

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale欺qī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own负funeutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

欺负 in a sentence

  1. 他被同学欺负。

    Tā bèi tóngxué qīfu.

    He was bullied by his classmates.

    Sentence #1180652 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 你又在欺负弱小了！

    Nǐ yòu zài qīfu ruòxiǎo le!

    You’re picking on someone smaller than you again!

    Sentence #1636276 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 欺负 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 欺 (qī) with each of its parts in a different colour
欺qīto take unfair advantage of
  • 其his · qíSound part
  • 欠yawn · qiànMeaning part

欠 hints at the meaning (yawn); 其 (qí) hints at the sound. Compare it with qī.

The character 负 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
负fùto bearlight in 欺负
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 贝sea shell · bèi

How to write 欺负

欺 12 strokes · 负 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 欺负

Words with 欺

欺骗qīpiàn · to deceive

Words with 负

负责fùzé · to be in charge of胜负shèngfù · victory or defeat辜负gūfù · to let down抱负bàofù · aspiration正负zhèngfù · positive and negative负担fùdān · burden

More words: Common Verbs

迁徙qiānxǐ · to migrate牵制qiānzhì · to contain翘qiào · to stick up起草qǐcǎo · to draft起哄qǐhòng · to stir up trouble清除qīngchú · to clear away清理qīnglǐ · to clear up倾斜qīngxié · to tilt

FAQs

欺负 (qīfu) means “to bully” or “to pick on”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qīfu: qī with a 1st tone, then fu with a neutral 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, 欺负 is written 欺負. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qifu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 欺负 from the suggestions. Typing qifu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
欺负 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.