fū
玞
jade-like stone; used in 'wufu'
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
inferior jade; jade-like stone; coarse jade
Almost exclusively used in the compound 珷玞 (wǔfū). Rarely used as a standalone character in modern Chinese.
Wǔ珷
fū玞
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
xiàng像
yù玉
de的
shí石
tou头
。
Wufu is a type of stone that resembles jade.
Gǔ古
wén文
zhōng中
de的
'
fū玞
'
cháng常
zhǐ指
cì次
yú于
yù玉
de的
měi美
shí石
。
In classical texts, 'fu' often refers to beautiful stones inferior to jade.
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Zhè这
kuài块
shí石
tou头
suī虽
rán然
kàn看
qǐ起
lái来
xiàng像
yù玉
，
qí其
shí实
zhǐ只
shì是
fū玞
shí石
。
Although this stone looks like jade, it is actually just inferior jadeite.