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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bó | bo2
English translation
extensive
ample
rich
obtain
aim
to win
to get
plentiful
to gamble
old variant of [bó]
to gamble, to play games; to win; rich, plentiful, extensive; wide, broad

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shí

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

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ten

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

十尃

Semantic compound

shí

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shí represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Fāng 鸿 hóng 渐要 bào 小姐 xiǎojie 欢心 huān xīn ,便 biàn Hēi tián 朱古力 zhū gǔ lì 小姐 xiǎojie 那些 nà xiē 亲昵 qīn nì de 称呼 chēnghu 告诉 gàosu .

He tried to amuse her by calling her the affectionate nicknames " Dark Sweetie " and " Miss Chocolate. "

ěr 博士 bóshì shuì , dāng 人体 rén tǐ Zhōng de gài 含量 hán liàng piān shí , 身体 shēntǐ jiù huì 产生 chǎnshēng zhǒng 荷尔蒙 hé ěr méng , Néng 帮助 bāngzhù 肌体 jī tǐ zuì 限度 xiàn dù de 吸收 xīshōu suǒ 摄入 shè rù 的钙.

Zemel says that when calcium levels are low, the body releases a hormone that helps squeeze the most out of every available milligram of the

威廉 Wēi lián 博士 bóshì Jiào 我们 wǒmen 植物学 zhí wù xué .

Dr. Williams instructs us in botany.

比尔 Bǐ ěr : zài 博览会 bólǎnhuì luàn guàng ,父母亲 fù mǔ qīn huì 担心 dānxīn ?

Bill: Don't your parents worry about you around the Fair?

填写 tián xiě 参展 cān zhǎn 申请表 shēn qǐng biǎo , huí huò 传真 chuánzhēn zhì 上海 Shàng hǎi 东博展览 zhǎnlǎn 服务 fú wù 有限公司 yǒu xiàn gōng sī .

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
ample
博士 bóshì doctor博士 bóshì
博物馆 bówùguǎn museum博物館
赌博 dǔbó to gamble賭博
博文 bó wén blog article博文 bó wén
博客 bó kè weblog博客 bó kè
博览会 bólǎnhuì exposition博覽會
博得 bó dé to win博得 bó dé
博弈 bó yì gambling博弈 bó yì
博爱 Bó aì universal love博愛
博士学位 bó shì xué wèi PhD博士學位
博尔顿 Bó ěr dùn Bolton (name)博爾頓
博学 bó xué learned博學
博士后 bó shì hòu postdoc博士後
博大 bó dà enormous博大 bó dà
渊博 yuān bó erudite淵博
博览 bó lǎn to read extensively博覽
淄博 Zī bó Zibo, prefecture level city in Shandong淄博 Zī bó
博取 bó qǔ to win (favors, confidence etc)博取 bó qǔ
博彩 bó cǎi lottery博彩 bó cǎi
博大精深 bódàjīngshēn broad and deep博大精深 bódàjīngshēn

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Decomposition

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