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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bó | bo2
English translation
to anchor
touch at
to moor
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pō | po1
English translation
lake
Taiwan pr. [bó]
to anchor; to moor

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵白

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Bái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and Bái represents the sound.

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sōu chuán 孤零无依地漂泊 piāo bó le 一阵子 yī zhèn zi .

The ship drifted helplessly for a time.

人工 réngōng yǒu Chí , méi wān 丹霞 Dān xiá jìng .

There are man - made lake Chi Yu Ye , Mei Wan, Lake, quiet park.

chuán zài 下午 xiàwǔ bàng àn , yāo 停泊 tíngbó liǎng .

In the afternoon the ship docked and anchored for two nights.

他们 tā men 在岸 wài chuán .

They anchored their ship off the shore.

尸体 shītǐ tǎng zài 血泊 xuè pō Zhōng .

The body was lying in a pool of blood.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to anchor
湖泊 húpō lake湖泊 húpō
尼泊尔 Ní bó ěr Nepal尼泊爾
漂泊 piāo bó to rove漂泊 piāo bó
血泊 xuè pō bloodbath血泊 xuè pō
停泊 tíngbó to anchor停泊 tíngbó
泊位 bó wèi berth泊位 bó wèi
淡泊 dàn bó living a simple life淡泊 dàn bó
罗布泊 Luó bù bó Lop Nor, salt lake and nuclear testing site in Xinjiang羅布泊
飘泊 piāo bó to rove飄泊
莫泊桑 Mò bó sāng Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer莫泊桑 Mò bó sāng
淡泊明志 dàn bó míng zhì living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)淡泊明志 dàn bó míng zhì
澹泊 dàn bó living a simple life澹泊 dàn bó
泊头市 Bó tóu shì Botou county level city in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州 Cāng zhōu [Cāng​zhōu], Hebei泊頭市
代客泊车 dài kè bó chē valet parking代客泊車
碇泊 dìng bó to moor碇泊 dìng bó

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Decomposition

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