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(2) Various forms of wrestling movements: 相撲，撲交 come to grips;
撲倒，撲跌 fall, fell (person) to the ground;
撲個空 overreach oneself, see 撲空 [pu1kong1]↓.
(3) Strike, beat, flop, catch with a sudden movement: 撲殺此獠 “beat the beast to death”(allu. to brutal saying of Empress Wu Tsehtien);
撲蠅 swat fly;
撲蝶 catch butterfly with a quick flop.
(4) Touch lightly, tap: 撲面 tap face with powder;
清風撲面而來 the gentle breeze brushes against one's face;
清香撲鼻 a sweet scent assails the nostrils.
(4) In combb. 噗噗，噗通，噗落 describing sudden, light movement, see [pu1pu1], [pu1tong1], [pu1luo4]↓.
2.撲的 [pu1de1], adv., suddenly.
3.撲燈蛾（子） [pu1deng1e2]([zi0]), n., moth (“beating at lamp”).
4.撲蠂會 [pu1die2hui4], n., butterfly-catching contest, on the Flower Festival (花朝), being 12th of 2nd month in lunar calendar.
5.撲地 [pu1di4], adj. & adv., (1) all over the ground; (2) suddenly: 撲地落下來 suddenly drops to the ground.
6.撲兒 [pu1er2], n., powder puff (粉撲兒 [fen3pu1er2]).
7.撲虎兒 [pu1hu3er0], v.i., throw body forward, lurch forward.
8.撲救 [pu1jiu4], v.i., fight fire.
9.撲克 [pu1ke0], n., (translit.) poker.
10.撲空 [pu1kong1], v.i., (oft. 撲個空) miss a punch; (fig.) be left holding the bag, fail to get what one wants.
11.撲鹿（撲漉） [pu1lu4], v.i., ditto.
12.撲落 [pu1luo4], v.i., scatter around.
13.撲滿 [pu1man3], n., clay coin bank, “broken when filled.”
14.撲忙子 [pu1mang2zi0], v.i., bustle about nothing.
15.撲撲 [pu1pu1], adv., descriptive of palpitation: 撲撲的心頭跳.
16.撲簌簌 [pu1shu1shu1], adv., gushing forth (tears).
17.撲朔迷離 [pu1shou4mi2li2], adj., whirling, confusing the eye.
18.撲騰 [pu1teng2], v.i., leap up, leap awkwardly; try to magnify (s.t.); n., show-off affair.
19.撲通 [pu1tong1], adv., descriptive of sound of s.t. dropping into water.
2.撲拙 [pu2zhuo2], adj., uncouth (manners), straightforward.
3.樸質 [pu2zhi2], adj., unadorned, unsophisticated.
4.樸馬 [pu2ma3], n., (AC) unbroken horse.
5.樸實 [pu2shi0], adj., simple, direct honest: 樸樸實實(兒) adv., directly, in simple, direct way.
6.樸學 [pu2xUe2], n., name of scholastic tendency (Manchu Dyn.) devoted to philological research and spurning speculative philosophy.
7.樸素 [pu2su4]1, adj., (of dress, customs, way of living) simple.
8.樸樕 [pu2su4]2, n., (AC) brush, underwood.
9.樸野 [pu2ye3], adj., uncouth.