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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
赤膊
chìbó
bare to the waist
袒膊
tǎnbó
to strip to the waist
肩膊
jiānbó
shoulder
胳膊
gēbo
arm
HSK 4
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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