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páo

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páo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
páo | pao2
English translation
gown (lined)
robe, gown, cloak

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About páo

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

páo

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

A cloth  wrap  Bāo Bāo also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of páo

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

衤包

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Example sentences using páo

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萨兰冬穿 chuān le jiàn Hēi páo , zhāo 白马 páo le 过来 guò lái .

Saran Tunga, wearing a black robe, rode along on a white horse.

这儿 zhè r 有批 shǎng 年纪 niánjì de 摩尔 Mó ěr rén , Bái 飘拂 piāo fú , shēn 穿 chuān Bái 长袍 cháng páo ,头顶 tóu dǐng 大风 dà fēng dōu .

Here are aged Moors with flowing white beards, and long white robes with vast cowls.

le chuáng ,穿着 chuān zhuó dàn de 睡袍 shuì páo .

She rose in her pale nightgown.

Lín 先生 Xiānsheng 早已 zǎo yǐ hán tòu 棉袍.虽然 suīrán shì lěi 那么 nà me zhāo , 林先生心里 xīn li què hěn 愉快 yúkuài .

Mr. Lin was drenched with perspiration, and although he was worn out, he was very happy.

tuō 战时 zhàn shí páo zhāo 旧时 jiù shí shang .

She doffs her garb worn under fire and wears again female attire.

Words with páo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
páo gown (lined) páo
长袍 cháng páo gown長袍
旗袍 qípáo cheongsam旗袍 qípáo
袍子 páo zi Chinese-style gown袍子 páo zi
睡袍 shuì páo nightgown睡袍 shuì páo
战袍 zhàn páo (old) combat robe戰袍
龙袍 lóng páo dragon robe龍袍
道袍 dào páo Taoist robe道袍 dào páo
黄袍加身 huáng páo jiā shēn fig. to be made emperor黃袍加身
袍泽 páo zé fellow soldier袍澤
蟒袍 mǎng páo official robe worn by ministers during the Ming Míng (1368-1644) and Qing Qīng (1644-1911) dynasties蟒袍 mǎng páo
割袍断义 gē páo duàn yì to break all friendly ties割袍斷義

páo Decomposition & Compounds

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páo Decomposition

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