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俯卧撑 (fǔ wò chēng): meaning and stroke order

俯卧撑 (fǔ wò chēng) means push-up; press-up (exercise).

俯卧撑

Simplified
俯卧撑
Traditional
俯臥撐
Pinyin
fǔ wò chēng

Stroke order of 俯卧撑

俯

  • fǔ variant of 俯[fu3]
  • fǔ to look down; to stoop
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 俛

Stroke by stroke

卧

  • wò to lie; to crouch
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 臥

Stroke by stroke

撑

  • chēng to support; to prop up
  • 15 strokes
  • Traditional form: 撐

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 俯卧撑

  1. fǔ wò chēng Traditional 俯臥撐
    • push-up; press-up (exercise)

Radicals of the characters

俯
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 10 strokes · 亻 on the left, 府 on the right
卧
Radical 卜 (Kangxi radical 25) · 8 strokes · 臣 on the left, 卜 on the right
撑
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 15 strokes · 扌 on the left, 掌 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

俯卧撑 in our stories

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  • “对着手机做俯卧撑，也算工作？”她怎么也想不通。“银行多好啊，有空调，还不用出汗！”

    duìzhe shǒujī zuò fǔwòchēng yě suàn gōngzuò tā zěnme yě xiǎng bù tōng yínháng duō hǎo a yǒu kōngtiáo hái bú yòng chūhàn

    "Doing push-ups at a phone counts as a job?" She just couldn't understand it. "The bank was so good—air-conditioning, and no sweating!"

    From the story Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 俯卧撑

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).