Chinese symbol for “foreshadowing”
伏笔
fú bǐ
Traditional: 伏筆
foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for foreshadowing is 伏笔 (fú bǐ), defined as: foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “foreshadowing”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 伏笔.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 起伏 | qǐ fú | to move up and down; to undulate |
| 潜伏 (潛伏) | qián fú | to hide; to cover up |
| 埋伏 | mái fú | to ambush; to lie in wait for |
| 伏击 (伏擊) | fú jī | ambush; to ambush |
| 伏特加 | fú tè jiā | (loanword) vodka |
| 伏特 | fú tè | (loanword) volt |
| 笔者 (筆者) | bǐ zhě | the author; the writer (usu. refers to oneself) |
| 笔记 (筆記) | bǐ jì | to take down (in writing); notes |
See also: Japanese symbol for “foreshadowing”.
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.