撲
pū HSK6

to beat

扑 (撲) pū
pounce verb
to throw oneself at or pounce on someone or something

老鹰向下扑向小兔。

lǎo​yīng xiàng xià pū xiàng xiǎo​tù.

The eagle pounced down on the rabbit.

bend over verb
to lean forward or bend over a surface

他累得直接扑在桌子上睡着了。

tā lèi de zhí​jiē pū zài zhuō​zi shàng shuì​zháo le.

He was so tired that he fell asleep right on the table.

devote verb
to devote one's energies or focus entirely to a task or cause

他把全部精力都扑在教育事业上。

tā bǎ quán​bù jīng​lì dōu pū zài jiào​yù shì​yè shàng.

He devoted all his energy to the cause of education.

flap verb
to flap, flutter, dab, or pat lightly

蝴蝶在花丛中扑着翅膀。

hú​dié zài huā​cóng zhōng pū zhe chì​bǎng.

The butterfly was flapping its wings among the flowers.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,509th most common 71.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,971st most common 20.3 per million appears in 10% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
8.82 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
36.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Simplified
扑
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+64B2

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