鋪
pūpù HSK6

spread out

铺 (鋪) pū frequency
spread verb
to spread, display, or lay out across a surface

路上铺满了厚厚的红地毯。

lù shàng pū mǎn le hòu​hòu de hóng dì​tǎn.

The road was covered with a thick red carpet.

knocker holder noun
a decorative metal plate or holder used as a base for a door-knocker

这对古老的铺首雕刻得非常精细。

zhè duì gǔ​lǎo de pū shǒu diāo​kè de fēi​cháng jīng​xì.

This pair of ancient door knockers is carved very finely.

铺 (鋪) pù
bed noun
a plank bed or place to sleep

他睡在上铺。

tā shuì zài shàng pù.

He sleeps in the top bunk.

relay station noun
a historical postal relay station

这里以前是个驿铺。

zhè​lǐ yǐ​qián shì gè yì pù.

This used to be a courier station.

shop noun
a commercial store or establishment

他在转角处租了一间铺，准备开一家咖啡馆。

tā zài zhuǎn​jiǎo chù zū le yī jiān pù, zhǔn​bèi kāi yī jiā kā​fēi​guǎn.

He rented a shop on the corner and is preparing to open a cafe.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,613th most common 60.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,943rd most common 21.3 per million appears in 11% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
11.1 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
35.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Simplified
铺
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+92EA

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