Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

prisoner of war

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “fu” becomes a different word in each tone. 俘 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 俘虏fú lǔcaptive
  • 俘获fú huòto capture (enemy property or personnel); capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus)
  • 战俘zhàn fúprisoner of war
  • 伤俘shāng fúwounded and captured
  • 捕俘bǔ fúto capture enemy personnel (for intelligence purposes)

Example Sentence

在战斗中,敌人被俘虏了不少。Zài zhàn dòu zhōng, dí rén bèi fú lǔ le bù shǎo.In the battle, quite a few of the enemy were captured.

Zàiat战斗zhàn dòuto fightzhōngmiddle敌人dí rénenemybèi(passive: by)俘虏fú lǔcaptivele(completed action)不少bù shǎomany