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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bó | bo2
English translation
flourishing
prosperous
suddenly
abruptly
thriving, prosperous; sudden, quick

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Other proper nouns / 其他专名 Qítā zhuān míng

Learning hint

strength

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

孛力

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

bèi

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鲍勃弟弟 dìdi ǎi .

Bob is shorter than his younger brother.

zài 兴致勃勃 xìngzhìbóbó de 远足 yuǎn zú 之后 zhī hòu , 极了 jí le .

After a vigorous hike, I got really thirsty.

人们 rén men 采用 cǎi yòng le pài è 泼克勃 xíng 飞机 fēijī 飞行 fēi xíng .

A Piper Cub was chartered to fly.

万物 wàn wù dōu zài zhāng xiǎn chūn de 朝气 zhāo qì , 彰显 zhāng xiǎn 春的蓬勃 péng bó .

All the spring shows are energetic, vibrant spring show.

鲍勃, zhēn shì 典型 diǎnxíng de lǎn 家伙 jiāhuo .

Bob, you're a typical couch potato.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
flourishing
蓬勃 péng bó vigorous蓬勃 péng bó
兴致勃勃 xìngzhìbóbó full of zest興致勃勃
勃起 bó qǐ erection勃起 bó qǐ
克格勃 Kè gé bó KGB (Soviet secret police)克格勃 Kè gé bó
雄心勃勃 xióng xīn bó bó pushy雄心勃勃 xióng xīn bó bó
朝气蓬勃 zhāoqìpéngbó energetic朝氣蓬勃
生机勃勃 shēng jī bó bó full of vitality生機勃勃
哈勃 Hā bó Hubble (name)哈勃 Hā bó
勃发 bó fā to sprout up勃發
生气勃勃 shēng qì bó bó full of vitality生氣勃勃
勃勃 bó bó thriving勃勃 bó bó
勃列日涅夫 Bó liè rì niè fū Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1966-1982勃列日涅夫 Bó liè rì niè fū
彭勃 Péng Bó Peng Bo彭勃 Péng Bó
勃然 bó rán suddenly勃然 bó rán
王勃 Wáng Bó Wang Bo (650-676), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰 Chū Táng Sì jié [Chū​Táng​Sì​jié]王勃 Wáng Bó
勃兰登堡 Bó lán dēng bǎo Brandenburg (e.g. gate, concertos)勃蘭登堡

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