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title: "Qifu Meaning: 欺负 (to bully) or 起伏 (to rise and fall)?"
description: "欺负 (traditional 欺負, qīfu) means “to bully; to pick on”. Not the qifu you heard? See 起伏. Hear its tones, see what 欺 and 负 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/qifu"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 欺负 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

欺负 qīfu

## to bully; to pick on

## Its characters

1. 欺 qī to bully
2. 负 fù to carry on the back

## In a sentence

别欺负比你小的孩子。 Don't pick on kids younger than you.

您走了以后，我们天天被人**欺负**，连家都快保不住了！

From [七十二变 · Seventy-Two Changes](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/seventy-two-changes-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-3#library-word-1118-1120)

[More about 欺负](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%AC%BA%E8%B4%9F)

## Other words said qifu

- [起伏qǐfúto rise and fall](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%B5%B7%E4%BC%8F)

## More words with 欺 or 负

- [担负 dānfù](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/danfu)
- [负担 fùdān](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fudan)
- [负面 fùmiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fumian)
- [负责 fùzé](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fuze)
- [负责人 fùzérén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fuzeren)
- [欺骗 qīpiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/qipian)
- [欺诈 qīzhà](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/qizha)
- [胜负 shèngfù](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/shengfu)

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