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bào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bào | bao4
English translation
leopard, panther; surname

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About bào

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

bào

Contains the radical

zhì

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

beast

Etymology of bào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

豸勺

Semantic compound

zhì

Phonetic compound

sháo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhì represents the meaning and sháo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using bào

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老虎 lǎohǔ 身上 shēn shang yǒu 条纹 tiáo wén , ér 豹有花斑 huā bān .

A tiger has stripes and a leopard has spots.

他们 tā men zài 阿拉斯加 Ā lā sī jiā 海岸 hǎi àn wài 看见 kànjiàn 很多海豹 hǎi bào .

They saw many seals off the Coast of Alaska.

yǒu zhǐ bào 躲藏 duǒcáng zài 丛林 cóng lín Zhōng .

A leopard was lurking in the jungle.

zhǐ bào Xiàng 猎物 liè wù .

The leopard bounded on the prey.

海豹 hǎi bào 主要 zhǔyào 乌贼 wū zéi 为食.

The seals feed mainly on fish and squid.

Words with bào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
bào leopard bào
海豹 hǎi bào seal (zoology)海豹 hǎi bào
豹子 bào zi leopard豹子 bào zi
美洲豹 měi zhōu bào panther美洲豹 měi zhōu bào
猎豹 liè bào cheetah獵豹
金钱豹 jīn qián bào leopard金錢豹
雪豹 xuě bào snow leopard雪豹 xuě bào
云豹 yún bào clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)雲豹
全豹 quán bào panorama全豹 quán bào
管中窥豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture管中窺豹
捷豹 Jié bào Jaguar (car brand)捷豹 Jié bào
西门豹 Xī Mén bào Xi Menbao (active around 422 BC), statesman, general and hydraulic engineer of Wei state 魏國|魏国 Wèi guó [Wèi​guó]西門豹
豺狼虎豹 chái láng hǔ bào fierce and cruel people豺狼虎豹 chái láng hǔ bào
窥豹一斑 kuī bào yī bān lit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom); fig. a restricted view窺豹一斑
俞文豹 Yú Wén bào Yu Wenbao (lived around 1240), prolific Song dynasty poet俞文豹 Yú Wén bào

bào Decomposition & Compounds

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