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bo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bo | bo5
English translation
divination, fortune-telling; prophecy

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About bo

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Number of strokes

2

Radical frequency

45

Traditional form

Contains the radical

bo

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

A crack on an oracle bone

Etymology of bo

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

丨丶

Explanation

Pictograph of a crack on a bone. In ancient China such cracks were used for divination.

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Example sentences using bo

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běn 星期 xīngqī mǎi 胡萝卜 hú luó bo zuì 合算 hésuàn , 因为 yīnwèi 货源 huò yuán 充足 chōngzú ,价格低廉.

Best buys of the week are carrots, which are plentiful and cheap.

一辈子 yībèizi 放个 yāo bo 一课, 究竟 jiūjìng le xiē 什么 shénme shì ?

You said Blacky was in terrible trouble, but nothing happened.

这些 zhè xiē 胡萝卜 hú luó bo hěn nèn ,不用 bù yòng xiāo .

These are young carrots and you need not scrape them.

Hēi 眼睛 yǎnjing de 吉卜赛姑娘 gūniang , yòng 华丽 huálì de 手巾 shǒu jīn 包着 tóu , 突然 tūrán de chuǎng le 进来 jìn lái 替人算命 suàn mìng .

Black - eyed gipsy girls, hooded in showy handkerchiefs, sallied forth to tell fortunes.

萝卜 luó bo 新品种 Qiū fēng 2 háo

A N ew R ad ish C u ltivar'Q iufeng 2'

Words with bo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
胡萝卜 hú luó bo carrot胡蘿蔔
bo CL: tiáo | tiáo [tiáo]
萝卜 luó bo CL: tiáo | tiáo [tiáo]蘿蔔
占卜 zhān bǔ to divine占卜 zhān bǔ
胡萝卜素 hú luó bo sù carotene胡蘿蔔素
红萝卜 hóng luó bo carrot紅蘿蔔
阿卜杜拉 Ā bǔ dù lā Abdullah (name)阿卜杜拉 Ā bǔ dù lā
吉卜赛人 Jí bǔ sài rén Gypsy吉卜賽人
易卜生 Yì bǔ shēng Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian dramatist, author of Doll's House 玩偶之家 Wán ǒu zhī jiā 易卜生 Yì bǔ shēng
未卜 wèi bǔ not foreseen未卜 wèi bǔ
卜辞 bǔ cí oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones卜辭
未卜先知 wèi bǔ xiān zhī predictable未卜先知 wèi bǔ xiān zhī
小萝卜头 xiǎo luó bo tou (coll.) little kid小蘿蔔頭
卜卦 bǔ guà fortune telling卜卦 bǔ guà

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