鋪 [铺] pù
noun
: plank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station
鋪 [铺] pū
verb
: to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker
Kun Reading
しき shiki
noun
: mine tunnel; mine shaft; mineshaft
On Reading
ほ ho
Usage:
鋪位 pu4wei4: bunk; berth
鋪保 pu4bao3: shop’s guarantee
鋪子 pu4zi: store; shop
鋪家 pu4jia1: store; shop
鋪底 pu4di3: shop fittings
床鋪 chuang2pu4: bed
店鋪 dian4pu4: store; shop [てんぽ tenpo: shop; store]
吊鋪 diao4pu4: suspended bunk
商鋪 shang1pu4: shop; store
鋪設[铺设] pu1she4: to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline); to install (wiring, cable); to construct (road, concrete slab)
鋪墊[铺垫] pu1dian4: to spread out bedding; bedcover
鋪展 pu1zhan3: to spread out
鋪平 pu1ping2: to spread out (material); to pave (the way, a road etc)
鋪床 pu1chuang2: to make a bed; to lay bedding
鋪道 pu1dao4: causeway [ほどう hodou: pavement; paved street]
鋪石 pu1shi2: decking [しきいし shikiishi: paving stone; pavement]
鋪張 pu1zhang1: extravagant; ostentation
草鋪 cao3pu1: paillasse
鐵路鋪[铁路铺] tie3lu4 pu1: railroad bed
以碎石鋪 yi3shui4shi2pu1: macadamize
網絡店鋪[网络店铺] wang3luo4dian4pu1: online store
Chinese idiom
鋪張浪費 [铺张浪费] pu1 zhang1 lang4 fei4
: extravagance and waste
Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
金 (jin1: metal) suggests the meaning while
甫 (fu3: begin) provides the sound.
the character is a sound-meaning compound.
形声 Pictophonetic.
金 (jin1: metal) suggests the meaning while
甫 (fu3: begin) provides the sound.
the character is a sound-meaning compound.
簡體 Simplified.
铺. Derived from generic radical simplification #9 (釒金 » 钅).
Semantic:
舖 pu4: store; shop
Examples:
他把地圖平鋪在地上。
ta1 ba3 di4tu2 ping2 pu1 zai4di4shang4.
He spread the map flat out on the floor.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
