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bāo

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bāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bāo | bao1
English translation
to peel
to skin
to shell
to shuck
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bō | bo1
English translation
to peel
to skin
to flay
to shuck
to peel, to skin; to exploit

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About bāo

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

dāo

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

knife

Etymology of bāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

录刂

Semantic compound

dāo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using bāo

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他们 tā men cuàn Guò 边界 biānjiè shǎng de 村镇 cūn zhèn , 剥人头皮 tóu pí ,一家 yī jiā 一家人 yī jiā rén 杀死 shā sǐ .

Slipping past the frontier towns, they were scalping and killing whole families.

可以 kěyǐ zài miǎo nèi yòng zuǐ bāo xiā qiào .

You can shell shrimp in your mouth within seconds.

zài 厨房 chúfáng yòng 锋利 fēnglì de Dāo bāo 鱼鳞 yú lín .

She is scaling fish with a sharp knife in the kitchen.

xiǎo 嫩肉客人 kèrén de 衣裳 yīshang bāo 下来 xià lai ,自己 zìjǐ 穿 chuān shǎng , táo le .

Juicy Tidbit had taken his clothes and run away.

zài 回到 huí dào 不梢操纵 cāozòng de 文件 wénjiàn 通道 Tōng dào yáng , bīng 剥离 bō lí .

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Words with bāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
bāo to peel
剥夺 bō duó to deprive剝奪
剥削 bōxuē to exploit剝削
剥离 bō lí to peel剝離
生吞活剥 shēng tūn huó bō to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically生吞活剝
剥落 bō luò to peel off剝落
剥削阶级 bō xuē jiē jí exploiting class (in Marxist theory)剝削階級
剥皮 bāo pí to skin剝皮
盘剥 pán bō to exploit盤剝
剥削者 bō xuē zhě exploiter (of labor)剝削者
剥蚀 bō shí to corrode剝蝕

bāo Decomposition & Compounds

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bāo Decomposition

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