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铺

鋪
pù
noun/verb HSK 6 #4,969

Meanings

  1. 1 shop; store (noun, pù)
  2. 2 plank bed; berth (noun, pù)
  3. 3 to spread; to lay out (verb, pū)

Examples

街上有很多小铺子。
Jiē shàng yǒu hěn duō xiǎo pùzi.
There are many small shops on the street.
请把床铺好。
Qǐng bǎ chuáng pū hǎo.
Please make the bed.
工人们在铺路。
Gōngrénmen zài pū lù.
Workers are paving the road.
我买了一个上铺的火车票。
Wǒ mǎi le yī gè shàng pù de huǒchē piào.
I bought an upper berth train ticket.

Tips

usage
铺 has two pronunciations: pù (shop, berth) and pū (to spread, to lay out). 铺路 (pū lù) = pave a road; 店铺 (diànpù) = shop/store; 上铺/下铺 (shàng pù/xià pù) = upper/lower berth.

Stroke Order

铺 pù