俯仰

fǔyǎng

noun

Meanings

1 lowering and raising the head
2 one's every move
3 pitch (of an aircraft or ship)

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

锻炼颈部时，头部要慢慢地做俯仰动作，不要太快。

Duànliàn jǐngbù shí, tóubù yào mànmàn de zuò fǔyǎng dòngzuò, búyào tài kuài.

When exercising your neck, lower and raise your head slowly, not too fast.

HSK 7-9

飞行员用操纵杆控制飞机的俯仰。

Fēixíngyuán yòng cāozònggǎn kòngzhì fēijī de fǔyǎng.

The pilot uses the control stick to control the plane's pitch.

Tips

usage

In literary Chinese it turns figurative: 俯仰之间 (in the blink of an eye) and 俯仰由人 (at others' beck and call). 王羲之's 《兰亭集序》 uses the first to measure a life: 向之所欣，俯仰之间，已为陈迹 (what delighted us a moment ago has, in the time it takes to look down and up, become a thing of the past).

Stroke Order

俯 fǔ

仰 yǎng