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抱 bào

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抱 bào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bào | bao4
English translation
to hold
to carry (in one's arms)
to hug
to embrace
to surround
to cherish
to embrace, to hold in one's arms; to enfold

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About 抱 bào

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HSK level

4

Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

抱 bào

Contains the radical

扌 shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To wrap 包 Bāo in one's arms 扌 shǒu ; 包 Bāo also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of 抱 bào

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰扌包

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 shǒu represents the meaning and 包 Bāo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 抱 bào

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他 tā 太 tài 渴 kě 了 le ,见到 jiàn dào 水壶 shuǐ hú 就 jiù 抱 bào 着 zhāo 一 yī 通 tōng 狂饮 kuáng yǐn .

He is so thirsty that he drinks heavily while holding a jug.

他 tā 本 běn 有 yǒu 雅量 yǎ liàng 做 zuò 说 shuì 声 shēng 抱歉 bàoqiàn 的 de !

He might have had the grace to say he was sorry!

她 tā ,手里 shǒu lǐ 抱 bào 着 zhāo 春宝, 将 jiāng 她 tā 底 de 头 tóu 贴 tiē 在 zài 他 tā 底 de 头发 tóufa 上 shǎng .

Holding Chun Bao close to her bosom, she pressed her head against his hair.

叫 jiào 你 nǐ 久等 jiǔ děng 了 le ,很 hěn 抱歉 bàoqiàn .

Very sorry to have kept you waiting.

很 hěn 抱歉 bàoqiàn ,我 wǒ 不 bù 能 Néng 吃 chī 完 wán 我 wǒ 的 de 布丁 bù dīng 了 le , 我 wǒ 太 tài 嘴 zuǐ 馋 chán 了 le .

I'm sorry I can't finish my pudding; my eyes are bigger than my belly.

Words with 抱 bào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
抱歉 bàoqiàn to be sorry抱歉 bàoqiàn
抱 bào to hold抱 bào
抱怨 bàoyuàn to complain抱怨 bàoyuàn
拥抱 yōngbào to embrace擁抱
怀抱 huái bào to hug懷抱
抱拳 bào quán to cup one fist in the other hand (as a sign of respect)抱拳 bào quán
抱负 bàofù aspiration抱負
抱抱 bào bào to hug抱抱 bào bào
环抱 huán bào to encircle環抱
抱头痛哭 bào tóu tòng kū to weep disconsolately抱頭痛哭
打抱不平 dǎ bào bù píng to fight for justice打抱不平 dǎ bào bù píng
搂抱 lǒu bào to hug摟抱
临时抱佛脚 lín shí bào fó jiǎo doing things at the last minute臨時抱佛腳
合抱 hé bào to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)合抱 hé bào
抱佛脚 bào fó jiǎo panic measures in place of timely preparation抱佛腳
抱大腿 bào dà tuǐ (coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous抱大腿 bào dà tuǐ
抱病 bào bìng to be ill抱病 bào bìng
抱持 bào chí to harbor (doubts etc)抱持 bào chí
抱养 bào yǎng adopt (a child)抱養
抱不平 bào bù píng to be outraged by an injustice抱不平 bào bù píng
抱头鼠窜 bào tóu shǔ cuàn to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously抱頭鼠竄
抱成一团 bào chéng yī tuán to band together抱成一團
抱残守缺 bào cán shǒu quē stickler for tradition抱殘守缺
抱有 bào yǒu have抱有 bào yǒu
抱朴子 Bào pǔ zǐ Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪 Gě Hóng [Gě​Hóng] on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc抱樸子

抱 bào Decomposition & Compounds

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抱 bào Decomposition

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