腐
朽

Rotten in Chinese: 腐朽 (fǔ xiǔ)

fǔ xiǔ

rotten

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1rotten
  2. 2decayed
  3. 3decadent
  4. 4degenerate

Stroke order

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腐
朽

Zhuyin

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ㄈㄨˇ

fǔ

ㄈ/ fㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄒㄧㄡˇ

xiǔ

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 这座木桥已经腐朽，很危险。

    zhè zuò mù qiáo yǐ jīng fǔ xiǔ， hěn wēi xiǎn。

    This wooden bridge is already rotten and very dangerous.

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Related words

豆腐

dòu fu

tofu

腐败

fǔ bài

corruption

腐化

fǔ huà

to rot

腐烂

fǔ làn

to rot

腐蚀

fǔ shí

corrosion

付费

fù fèi

to pay

负面

fù miàn

negative

负有

fù yǒu

to be responsible for

附

fù

to add

附带

fù dài

supplementary

附和

fù hè

to agree

附加

fù jiā

additional

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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