Pronunciation/Chinese readings
How do you pronounce 匍匐?
匍匐pú fú
Commonly said as: reading 匍 as bù
葡伏
匍匐
What it is
匍匐 means to crawl or advance prone.
Why it gets said wrong
Both characters are second tone. 匍 looks like 蒲 and is read pú, never bù.
Hear it in a sentence
The soldiers crawled forward.
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