伏
fúFú HSK7

crouch

伏 fú frequency
lean over verb
to lean over, lie face down, or fall down

他伏在桌子上睡着了。

tā fú zài zhuō​zi shàng shuì​zháo le.

He fell asleep leaning over the table.

hide verb
to hide, conceal oneself, or lie in ambush

士兵们伏在草丛里观察敌情。

shì​bīng men fú zài cǎo​cóng lǐ guān​chá dí​qíng.

The soldiers lay hidden in the grass to observe the enemy.

submit verb
to submit, concede defeat, overcome, or subdue

在证据面前，他只能低头伏罪。

zài zhèng​jù miàn​qián, tā zhǐ néng dī​tóu​fú​zuì.

In the face of the evidence, he could only bow his head and confess his crime.

summer heat verb
the hottest days of summer; dog days

入伏以来，气温一直居高不下。

rù fú yǐ​lái, qì​wēn yī​zhí jū​gāo​bù​xià.

Since the start of the 'dog days' of summer, the temperature has remained high.

volt measure word
a unit of electromotive force or potential difference

这台机器需要二百二十伏的电压。

zhè tái jī​qì xū​yào èr​bǎi'èr​shí fú de diàn​yā.

This machine requires a voltage of 220 volts.

伏 Fú
Fu proper name
surname Fu

伏先生昨天去上海出差了。

Fú xiān​sheng zuó​tiān qù Shàng​hǎi chū​chāi le.

Mr. Fu went to Shanghai on a business trip yesterday.

Cross-References

Has variant

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,389th most common 83.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,727th most common 30.6 per million appears in 15% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
9.18 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
14.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+4F0F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)