扑克 meaning in English

pūkè

poker (game) (loanword); playing cards

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 撲克12 strokes

Meaning of 扑克

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pūkè
  1. poker (game) (loanword)
  2. playing cards

扑克 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā是shì一yí个gè扑pū克kè牌pái高gāo手shǒu。
He is very good at poker.
她tā不bù想xiǎng让ràng他tā玩wán扑pū克kè。
She didn't want him to play poker.
不bù跟gēn我wǒ们men玩wán扑pū克kè就jiù不bú要yào坐zuò在zài这zhè里lǐ。
Don't sit here if you're not going to play poker with us.
他tā知zhī道dào怎zěn么me玩wán扑pū克kè。
He knows how to play poker.
他tā们men玩wán脱tuō衣yī扑pū克kè.
They played strip poker.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

扑 pū · to throw oneself at · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

克 kè · to be able to · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 扑克.

千克qiānkèkilogram
克服kèfú(try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer
巧克力qiǎokèlì(loanword) chocolate
坦克tǎnkè(loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman
克制kèzhìto restrain; to control
休克xiūkè(medicine) (loanword) shock; to go into shock
克隆kèlóng(biology) (loanword) to clone; a clone; (fig.) to make an identical copy of (a website etc
红扑扑hóngpūpūred; rosy
扑面而来pūmiàn-érláilit. sth hits one in the face; directly in one's face
麦克Màikè(loanword) microphone
马克Mǎkèmark (monetary unit)
克拉kèlācarat (mass) (loanword)

Questions about 扑克

What does 扑克 mean?

扑克 (pūkè) means "poker (game) (loanword); playing cards" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 扑克?

扑克 is made of 2 characters: 扑 (5 strokes), 克 (7 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 扑克 an HSK word?

Yes. 扑克 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 扑克 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 扑克 is written 撲克.