fuk6宓
Jyutpingfuk6
Yalefuhk
Definition
A Chinese surname.
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How it's used
This surname is extremely rare in Hong Kong and is often confused with the more common surname 伏. When pronounced as a surname, it follows the Cantonese reading fuk6, which sounds identical to the word for ambush or to submit. Because it is so uncommon, people will almost always ask for clarification on which character is used when they hear it for the first time.
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Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 伏 because they share the same pronunciation in Cantonese. Always clarify the character by describing it as the one with the house radical on top if you need to distinguish it from the more common surname.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
