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báo

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báo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
báo | bao2
English translation
hail

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About báo

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

báo

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

rain

Etymology of báo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

雨包

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Bāo

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using báo

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冰雹 bīngbáo měng ,玻璃窗 le .

Hail fell with such violence that it broke windows.

Words with báo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
冰雹 bīngbáo hail冰雹 bīngbáo
báo hail báo
雹灾 báo zāi disaster caused by hail雹災
雹子 báo zi hail雹子 báo zi
雹暴 báo bào hailstorm雹暴 báo bào
雹块 báo kuài hailstone雹塊

báo Decomposition & Compounds

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báo Decomposition

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