咅 (pǒu): pah; bah (sound of spitting out…

Meanings

1 pah; bah (sound of spitting out or rebuke)

Characters

咅

pǒu

pah; sound of spitting out (archaic)

Examples

HSK 3

他在这个部门工作。

Tā zài zhège bùmén gōngzuò.

He works in this department.

Tips

history

咅 is archaic and not used independently in modern Chinese. It survives as a phonetic component, giving the sound in 部 (department), 倍 (times / -fold), 培 (to cultivate), and 剖 (to cut open).

Components

radical

口 kǒu

mouth

The 'mouth' below carries the spitting / scolding sense and is the indexing radical for 咅.

semantic

立 lì

to stand

The top is a stylized 'stand / spit out' element. In 咅 it sits above the mouth to picture forcefully expelling something.

Stroke Order

咅 pǒu

Related Words

拔 bá HSK 5 #2,896

to pull up; to pull out; to uproot / to select; to promote; to stand out

出局 chūjú HSK 7-9 #2,394

to be eliminated; to be out / to be knocked out (of a competition)

抽 chōu HSK 4 #1,379

to draw out / to pull out / to smoke (cigarettes) / to extract

出 chū HSK 1 #105

to go out / to come out / to produce / to appear

哔 bì #7,891

beep (sound) / bleep (censoring sound) / pip

抽出 chōuchū #8,273

to draw out; to pull out / to find (time); to set aside

出海 chūhǎi #8,973

to go out to sea; to put out to sea / to go overseas (for business expansion)

彻头彻尾 chètóu-chèwěi #9,186

through and through / from beginning to end / out-and-out; thoroughly

撤离 chèlí HSK 6 #4,986

to withdraw; to evacuate / to pull out (from a location)

避开 bìkāi #4,764

to avoid / to steer clear of / to get out of the way