pū bí

Traditional: 撲鼻

扑鼻 (pū bí) is a Chinese word meaning “to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)

Characters in 扑鼻

扑pū · to throw oneself at鼻bí · nose

Related words

鼻子nose鼻nose扑克poker (game) (loanword)扑to throw oneself at鼻涕nasal mucus; snivel; snot扑灭to eradicate鼻孔nostril扑克牌poker (card game)哭鼻子to snivel (usually humorous)鼻梁bridge of the nose鼻腔nasal cavity相扑sumo wrestling

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