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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bó | bo2
English translation
variegated
heterogeneous
to refute
to contradict
to ship by barge
a barge
a lighter (ship)
variant of
>[bó]
variegated, motley; to refuse, to dispute

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

horse

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

马爻

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yáo

Explanation

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

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dàn dàn de 阳光 yángguāng 象水一样 yīyàng zài 墙上,斑斑 bān bān 驳的.

The watery sunshine rested on the walls in blurred and desultory gleame.

dāng 斯考 zài zhuō qián wǎng 身后 shēn hòu kào ,开始 kāishǐ 电话号码 de 时候 shíhou , guà zài 墙上 de 锈迹斑驳 bān bó de 手铐 shǒu kào 发出 fā chū dīng 零零 de 响声 xiǎng shēng .

The rusty handcuffs jangled on the wall as Scobie leant back from his desk and dialled.

繁忙 fánmáng de 船只 chuán zhī zài shǎng 鸣叫 míng jiào zhāo 来来往往 - --高速 gāo sù 快艇 kuài tǐng bèn 头笨 nǎo chuǎn zhāo de 拖驳 tuō bó .

Busy boasts chug and scurry about the river - racy speed boat, stolid, snorting tugs.

yóu zhè lèi 马玲 shǔ 产生 chǎnshēng de kuài jīng 中茎斑驳 bān bó 症状 zhèngzhuàng 不易 bù yì 观察 guānchá dào .

In tubers from such potatoes stem mottle symptoms are rarely observed.

布克同时 tóngshí 驳斥 bó chì le 有关 yǒu guān 一些 yī xiē 竞争 jìngzhēng 对手 duìshǒu zhēng zài 打穆帅主意 zhǔyi de 说法 shuō fǎ .

Buck rejected suggestions that rival clubs were lining up moves for Mourinho.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
驳回 bó huí to reject駁回
反驳 fǎnbó to retort反駁
variegated
驳斥 bó chì to refute駁斥
辩驳 biàn bó to dispute辯駁
斑驳 bān bó mottled斑駁
驳船 bó chuán barge駁船
批驳 pī bó to criticize批駁
驳倒 bó dǎo to refute駁倒
驳壳枪 bó ké qiāng Mauser pistol駁殼槍
驳杂 bó zá heterogeneous駁雜
斑驳陆离 bān bó lù lí variegated斑駮陸離
驳运 bó yùn lighter駁運
拖驳 tuō bó barge拖駁
驳议 bó yì to correct (in writing) sb's errors or misconceptions駁議
驳正 bó zhèng to refute and correct駁正
驳嘴 bó zuǐ to quarrel駁嘴
驳复 bó fù to refute駁復
驳面子 bó miàn zi to contradict sb to his face駁面子

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