覆 (fù)
to cover; to overturn; to reply
How 覆 is written
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 覀 — west
- Traditional
- 覆
- Simplified
- 覆 (unchanged)
Common words using 覆
- 翻來覆去 fānláifùqù
- to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again
- 覆蓋 fùgài
- to cover
- 顛覆 diānfù
- to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion)
- 傾覆 qīngfù
- to capsize; to collapse; to overturn
- 全軍覆沒 quánjūnfùmò
- total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipe-out
- 反覆 fǎnfù
- to turn sth over
- 回覆 huífù
- to reply; to recover; variant of 回復|回复[hui2 fu4]
- 天翻地覆 tiānfāndìfù
- sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head
- 翻天覆地 fāntiānfùdì
- sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head
- 翻雲覆雨 fānyúnfùyǔ
- to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground; tricky and inconstant; to make love
- 覆水難收 fùshuǐnánshōu
- spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom); it's no use crying over spilt milk; what's done is done and can't be reversed
- 覆滅 fùmiè
- destruction
覆 in a sentence
請盡快回覆我的電子郵件。
Qǐng jìnkuài huífù wǒ de diànzǐ yóujiàn.
“Please reply to my email as soon as possible.”
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