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扑向
pūxiàng
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English Definitionpounce on
Simplified Script扑向
Traditional Script撲向
Pinyinpūxiàng
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄆㄨ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)pok3hoeng3
Word Decomposition
扑pūto throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over
向xiàngtowards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...; (Chinese surname)

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
扑灭pūmièto eradicate; to extinguish
扑救pūjiùfirefighting; to extinguish a fire and save life and property; to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)
扑面pūmiànlit. something hits one in the face; directly in one's face; something assaults the senses; blatant (advertising); eye-catching; (a smell) assaults the nostrils
扑克pūkèpoker (game) (loanword); playing cards
扑倒pūdǎoto fall down
Words With Same Tail Word    
方向fāngxiàngdirection; orientation; path to follow
一向yīxiàngalways (previously); a period of time in the recent past
倾向qīngxiàngto trend; tendency; orientation
转向zhuǎnxiàngto change direction; fig. to change one's stance
偏向piānxiàngpartial towards something; to prefer; to incline; erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
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