noun HSK 3 #3,644

Meanings

  1. 1 good fortune; happiness
  2. 2 luck; blessing

Characters

Contains (spirit radical) + (full) — blessings from the spirits filling your life.

Examples

Zhù nǐ xìngfú!
Wish you happiness!
Fú zì yào dàozhe tiē.
The character 福 should be pasted upside down.
Tā zhēn shì yǒu fúqi.
He really is fortunate.

Tips

culture
During Chinese New Year, people paste (fú) upside down on their doors. 'Upside down' ( dào) sounds like 'arrive' ( dào), so it means 'fortune has arrived.'
culture
寿 (fú lù shòu) — fortune, prosperity, longevity — are the three celestial blessings in Chinese culture.

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