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薄
báo
1. thin
2. cold in manner
3. indifferent
4. weak
5. light
6. infertile
HSK 5 Common • Top 6% ✏️ 17 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

薄
báo
thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
HSK 5 16 丶

Compound Words (12)

厚薄
hòubáo
thickness
浮薄
fúbáo
frivolous
脸薄
liǎnbáo
bashful
薄层
báocéng
thin layer
薄板
báobǎn
metal sheet
薄片
báopiàn
thin slice
薄纱
báoshā
gauze (cloth)
薄纸
báozhǐ
tissue
薄脆
báocuì
crispy thin (cooking style)
薄酒
báojiǔ
dilute wine
薄饼
báobǐng
thin flat cake
薄透镜
báotòujìng
thin lens (i.e. of negligible thickness in optics)

Alternate Entries

薄
Bó
surname Bo
HSK 5
薄
bó
meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near
HSK 5
薄
bò
see [[薄荷<bòhe>]]
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,432
Word Frequency Rank
5,082 of 84,292

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