福 (fuk1) — good fortune; happiness; blessing; bliss; good luck in Cantonese
fukˉ¹福
Mandarin Pinyin: fu2
Meaning of 福
noungood fortune; happiness; blessing; bliss; good luck
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Example Sentences with 福
jiˎ₄而gaaˉ¹家diˉ¹啲sai˗₃細louˍ₆路zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係sanˉ¹身zoiˍ₆在fukˉ¹福zungˉ¹中batˉ¹不ziˉ¹知fukˉ¹福！
Children nowadays really don't know how fortunate they are.
doiˍ₆代ngoˏ₅我gei˗₃寄singˉ¹聲fukˉ¹祝jukˍ₆福。
Send blessings on my behalf.
neoiˏ₅女janˎ₄人mˎ₄唔hoˊ²可jiˏ₅以faat˗₃發fukˍ₆福
Women shouldn't gain weight.
sanˉ¹新ninˎ₄年faai˗₃快lok6,樂，faat˗₃發fukˍ₆福laaˉ¹啦
Happy New Year, wishing you prosperity!
faat˗₃發fukˍ₆福deoi˗₃對ngoˏ₅我leiˎ₄嚟gongˊ²講naanˎ₄難
Gaining weight is difficult for me.
Words Containing 福
福祉fuk1 zi2
blessings
福壽雙全fuk1 sau6 soeng1 cyun4
enjoy both good fortune and longevity
福星高照fuk1 sing1 gou1 ziu3
have good fortune; be prosperous
福建炒飯fuk1 gin3 caau2 faan6
fried rice with oyster sauce topping
福利會fuk1 lei6 wui2
welfare association / club / society
阿福阿壽aa3 fuk1 aa3 sau6
every Tom, Dick, and Harry [syn.]張三李四；阿貓阿狗
社會福利署se5 wui2 fuk1 lei6 cyu5
Social Welfare Department - a government department in Hong Kong
惜福sik1 fuk1
appreciate one's blessings
福祿壽fuk1 luk6 sau6
fortune, prosperity & longevity (commonly used in Chinese culture to denote the three attributes of a good life)
福頭fuk1 tau4
a fool (lit., "good fortune head")
詐傻納福zaa3 so4 naap6 fuk1
act like a dimwit to gain benefit; not move a finger act like a dumb dumb and make profit from those who fall for it
阿福aa3 fuk1
a fool (lit., "Mister Lucky")
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