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Chinese symbol for “flop”

扑街
pū jiē
Traditional: 撲街
(slang) (originally Cantonese) to flop; to bomb

The closest CC-CEDICT match for flop is 扑街 (pū jiē), defined as: (slang) (originally Cantonese) to flop; to bomb.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

扑 pū
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes
街 jiē
street, road, thoroughfare
radical 144 ⾏ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “flop”

WordPinyinMeaning
扑腾 (撲騰)pū teng(onom.) thud; flutter
翻车 (翻車)fān chē(of a vehicle) to flip over; (fig.) to go wrong; to flop

Related words

Other words that share a character with 扑街.

WordPinyinMeaning
扑克 (撲克)pū kèpoker (game) (loanword); playing cards
扑灭 (撲滅)pū mièto eradicate; to extinguish
扑克牌 (撲克牌)pū kè páipoker (card game); playing card
相扑 (相撲)xiāng pūsumo wrestling; also pr. [xiang4 pu1]
反扑 (反撲)fǎn pūto counterattack; to come back after a defeat
拓扑 (拓撲)tuò pū(math.) (loanword) topology
街道jiē dàostreet; 条 (tiáo)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet

See also: Japanese symbol for “flop”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.