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膊
bó
1. shoulder
2. upper arm
Common • Top 13% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

膊
bó
shoulder, upper arm
HSK 4 14 丶

Compound Words (11)

搭膊
dābó
shoulder bag
肩膊
jiānbó
shoulder
胳膊
gēbo
arm
HSK 4
袒膊
tǎnbó
to strip to the waist
赤膊
chìbó
bare to the waist
打赤膊
dǎchìbó
to bare one's chest
捋胳膊
luōgēbo
to push up one's sleeves
胳膊肘
gēbozhǒu
elbow
胳膊肘子
gēbozhǒuzi
see [[胳膊肘<gēbozhǒu>]]
赤膊上阵
chìbóshàngzhèn
lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom)
胳膊肘朝外拐
gēbozhǒucháowàiguǎi
the elbow turns the wrong way

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
2,439
Word Frequency Rank
11,353 of 84,292

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