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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Bó | Bo2
English translation
surname Bo
meager
slight
weak
ungenerous or unkind
frivolous
to despise
to belittle
to look down on
to approach or near
see 薄荷 bò he [bò he]
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
báo | bao2
English translation
thin
cold in manner
indifferent
weak
light
infertile
thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

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grass

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹溥

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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穿 chuān 单薄 dān bó 所以 suǒyǐ 觉得 juéde Lěng .

She felt cold in her flimsy dress.

我们 wǒmen 离开 líkāi 地面 dì miàn Yuè Gāo , 空气 kōngqì Yuè 稀薄 xī bó .

The higher we go above the earth, the thinner the air is.

薄冰冻结 dòngjié de de zài chūn róng lín 之下 zhī xià 漫漫 màn màn de 软化 ruǎn huà le .

The sleety frozen earth began to soften under thaw and the rain.

zài 切割 qiē gē shí suǒ 产生 chǎnshēng de suì xiè 几乎 jīhū 薄片 báo piàn 一样 yīyàng chóng .

The dust produced during slicing weighs almost as much as the wafers.

面包 miànbāo qiē Chéng 薄片 báo piàn .

He sliced the bread into thin and flat pieces.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
meager
刻薄 kè bó unkind刻薄 kè bó
薄荷 bò he field mint薄荷 bò he
微薄 wēi bó scanty微薄 wēi bó
薄弱 bóruò weak薄弱 bóruò
薄饼 báo bǐng pancake薄餅
薄膜 bó mó membrane薄膜 bó mó
轻薄 qīng bó frivolous輕薄
浅薄 qiǎn bó superficial淺薄
单薄 dān bó weak單薄
薄弱环节 bó ruò huán jié weak link薄弱環節
稀薄 xī bó thin稀薄 xī bó
淡薄 dàn bó thin淡薄 dàn bó
薄片 báo piàn thin slice薄片 báo piàn
如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng fig. to be extremely cautious如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng
薄熙来 Bó Xī lái Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct薄熙來
薄雾 bó wù mist薄霧
薄一波 Bó Yī bō Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping薄一波 Bó Yī bō
薄板 báo bǎn sheet薄板 báo bǎn
妄自菲薄 wàng zì fěi bó to be unduly humble (idiom)妄自菲薄 wàng zì fěi bó
厚薄 hòu báo thickness厚薄 hòu báo
薄情 bó qíng fickle薄情 bó qíng
薄荷油 bò he yóu peppermint oil薄荷油 bò he yóu

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