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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pō | po1
English translation
to splash
to spill
rough and coarse
brutish
to pour, to splash, to sprinkle, to water

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To send forth water  shuǐ

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵发

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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zǒu dào 门口 mén kǒu tóu 泼来 pén zàng Shuǐ .

As he reached the door, he was showered straight on the head with a basin of slops.

Tāng 奚落 xī luò le 一番, gěi dōu tóu le piáo 冷水 lěng shuǐ .

Tom withered him with derision!

褐色 hè sè de 瀑布 pùbù le 下来 xià lai .

Down rippled the brown cascade.

池子 chí zi de Hóng 鲤鱼 lǐ yú xiǎng .

A carp splashed in the pond.

突然 tūrán 昏倒 hūn dǎo le , gěi le tǒng Shuǐ 后他 jiù 苏醒 sūxǐng 过来 guò lái le .

He fainted suddenly, a bucket of water fetched him round.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
活泼 huópo lively活潑
to splash
泼妇 pō fù shrew潑婦
泼辣 pō la shrewish潑辣
泼冷水 pō lěng shuǐ lit. to pour cold water on潑冷水
撒泼 sā pō to make an unreasonable scene撒潑
瓢泼大雨 piáo pō dà yǔ downpour (idiom)瓢潑大雨
泼水节 Pō shuǐ jié Songkran (Thai New Year)潑水節
瓢泼 piáo pō (of rain) pouring瓢潑
泼妇骂街 pō fù mà jiē shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife潑婦罵街
耍泼 shuǎ pō (dialect) to make an unreasonable scene耍潑
泼水难收 pō shuǐ nán shōu water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change潑水難收

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Decomposition

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