| 伏 | 1272A55 91A.81-1 | 部居  | 畫數 6 | ㄈㄨˊ [fu2] | ||
| N. | (1) Name of season: 三伏 or 三伏天 first, second and third ten days after summer solstice, considered the hottest season; 歇伏 summer vacation of this period. (2) A surname. | |||||
| V.i. | (1) To bend down, prostrate: 伏身 bend down; 伏案 bend over table (and sleep or work); 伏地 prostrate on the ground; 拜伏，匍伏 to prostrate ceremoniously, (fig.) see Adv.↓. (2) To lie in concealment: 潛伏 lie in concealment, incubate (of virus, etc.); 埋伏，隱伏 to ambush. (3) To admit defeat: 伏輸 (＝服輸) [fu2shu1]↓. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To submit, cause to submit, +n.: 伏法，伏誅 be executed; 伏罪 submit to punishment; 伏劍 kill oneself by sword. (2) To sit over (eggs): 伏卵. | |||||
| Adj. | Prostrate: 伏屍 prostrate dead bodies (on the battlefield); 伏兵 soldiers lying in ambush. | |||||
| Adv. | (Court. in correspondence) I pray, I beg, etc.: 伏祈，伏乞 I pray; 伏維，伏思 I believe (you are in good health); 伏念 remember, I think of (you). | |||||
| Words | 1. 伏辯 [fu2bian4], v.i., admit defeat in argument. 2. 伏筆 [fu2bi3], n., (rhet.) a line throwing out a hint to be amplified later. 3. 伏氣 [fu2qi4], v.i., esp. 不伏氣 not convinced of defeat (also wr. 服氣 42A.82). 4. 伏櫪（歷） [fu2li4], v.i., to be tied to stable post: 老驥伏櫪，志在千里 the old horse in stable is yet dreaming of heroic exploits. 5. 伏苓 [fu2ling2], n., see 茯苓 20A.81. 6. 伏莽 [fu2mang3], v.i., (of bandits) hiding in jungles. 7. 伏牛花 [fu2niu2hua1], n., (bot.) Berberis vulgaris. 8. 伏羲 [fu2xi1], n., one of earliest legendary rulers 2852－2738 B.C., reputed to discover the 八卦 [ba1gua4], 80.80, and invent writting. 9. 伏輸 [fu2shu1], v.i., admit defeat (also. wr. 服). 10. 伏事（侍） [fu2shi4], v.t., to serve (person). 11. 伏汎 [fu2xUn4], n., summer flood. 12. 伏特 [fu2te4], n., (translit.) volt. 13. 伏天 [fu2tian1], n., see N.1↑. 14. 伏貼 [fu2tie1], adj., see 服貼 42A.82. | |||||