Chinese word dictionary

蛰伏

zhé fú · hibernation; living in seclusion

Practice word

Word information

Simplified蛰伏

Traditional蟄伏

Pinyinzhé fú

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

蛰zhé

to hibernate

伏fú

to crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal

How to learn 蛰伏

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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此起彼伏cǐqǐ-bǐfú

up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the next arises; repeating continuously; occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)

埋伏máifú

to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush

起伏qǐfú

to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs

潜伏qiánfú

to hide; to cover up; to conceal