蒲 (pou4 | pu2) : hang out; bum around

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蒲

pou4

pu2

[1] [粵] hang out; bum around; loaf about | [etymology] 浮, [Mandarin] 泡
[2] cattail; reed mace
[3] plant of genus calamus
[4] a Chinese family name

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

蒲

This word has been viewed 9483 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jun 2010 15:11

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蒲桃 pou4 tou4*2 = jamboo; jambul

出嚟蒲 ceot1 lei4 pou4 = hit up; hit the streets 粵

蒲瓜 pou4 gwaa1 = hairy/bottle gourd

蒲團 pou4 tyun4*2 = rush prayermat, rush cushion; a cattail hassock

番鬼蒲桃 faan1 gwai2 pou4 tou4*2 = Southern fruits

南洋蒲桃 naam4 joeng4*2 pou4 tou4*2 = Syzygium samarangense (Java apple)

蒲公英 pou4 gung1 jing1 pu2 gong1 ying1 = dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum)

蒲頭 pou4 tau4 = appear in public 粵

蒲點 pou4 dim2 pu2 dian3 = a hang out place for teenagers and young adults 粵

蒲吧 pou4 baa1 pu2 ba5 = hang out at a bar 粵
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佢成日掛住去蒲，唔想返學。粵
He'd rather go out partying than go to school.
[Lit. He always miss hang out, not want return school. Less idiomatically: He misses hanging out, he doesn't want to go to school. See http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134171,page=1]

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Unicode code for this character: U+84b2 (off-site link)

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