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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bō | bo1
English translation
glass

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Wáng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

jade

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

王皮

Semantic compound

Wáng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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冰雹 bīngbáo měng ,玻璃窗 le .

Hail fell with such violence that it broke windows.

玻璃 bōli chuāng bèi 打碎 dǎ suì le ,我们 wǒmen gāi guài shuí ne ?

Who do we have to thank for the broken window?

日光 rì guāng 透过 tòu guò 玻璃 bōli 屋顶 wū dǐng zhào ; 眼下 yǎn xià zhè shì 室内 shì nèi 惟一 wéi yī de 照明 zhào míng .

Daylight came in through its glass roof; this was now the only illumination.

阳光 yángguāng zhào dào 窗玻璃 chuāng bō lí shǎng , yòu 反射 fǎnshè dào 身上 shēn shang .

The sun caught the panes and flashed back at him.

yòng 牛皮纸 niú pí zhǐ 玻璃 bōli shǎng de 洞孔 dòng kǒng 封住.

He was pasting up the holes in the glass with brown paper.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
玻璃 bōli glass玻璃 bōli
glass
玻利维亚 Bō lì wéi yà Bolivia玻利維亞
玻璃杯 bō li bēi drinking glass玻璃杯 bō li bēi
玻璃体 bō lí tǐ vitreous humor玻璃體
挡风玻璃 dǎng fēng bō li windshield擋風玻璃
玻璃纤维 bō lí xiān wéi fiberglass玻璃纖維
窗玻璃 chuāng bō lí window pane窗玻璃 chuāng bō lí
钢化玻璃 gāng huà bō li reinforced glass鋼化玻璃
玻璃纸 bō li zhǐ cellophane玻璃紙
玻璃钢 bō li gāng fiberglass玻璃鋼
有机玻璃 yǒu jī bō li plexiglass有機玻璃
玻片 bō piàn glass slide for medical sample玻片 bō piàn
玻璃化 bō li huà vitrification玻璃化 bō li huà
毛玻璃 máo bō li frosted glass毛玻璃 máo bō li
玻璃罩 bō li zhào glass cover玻璃罩 bō li zhào

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Decomposition

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