verb #17,383

Meanings

  1. 1 to stroke; to caress
  2. 2 to comfort; to console
  3. 3 (historical) provincial governor

Examples

Māma qīngqīng de fǔ zhe háizi de tóu.
The mother gently stroked the child's head.
Tā fǔ zhe gāngqín, xiànrù le huíyì.
She ran her fingers over the piano and was lost in memories.

Tips

usage
rarely stands alone in modern Chinese. It appears in compounds: 抚摸 (fǔmō, to stroke), 安抚 (ānfǔ, to soothe), 抚养 (fǔyǎng, to raise/nurture), 抚恤 (fǔxù, to give a pension to bereaved families).

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