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咆

páo

Character

What 咆 means

1. to roar

Example sentences

• 狗对着这个陌生男子咆哮。
  Gǒu duì zhe zhège mòshēng nánzǐ páoxiào.
  The dog growled at the strange man.
• 这只狗对着一个小男孩咆哮。
  Zhè zhī gǒu duì zhe yī gè xiǎo nánhái páoxiào.
  The dog growled at a little boy.
• 当他咆哮时，他脖子上青筋暴起。
  Dāng tā páoxiào shí, tā bózi shàng qīngjīn bào qǐ.
  When he shouted, the veins in his neck stood out clearly.
• 那个男人大声咆哮，但她训练有素的客服式微笑始终没有消退。
  The man ranted and raved, but her well practiced customer service smile remained unflinching.

Words starting with 咆

• 咆哮páo xiào(of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar
• 咆哮如雷páo xiào rú léito be in a thundering rage (idiom)

Characters built on 包

These share the phonetic component 包 (bāo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 胞bāoplacenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 泡pàobubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse
• 炮pàocannon; firecracker
• 鲍bàoabalone
• 饱bǎoto eat till full; satisfied
• 袍páogown (lined)

Characters that look like 咆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 泡pàobubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse
• 吨dūnton (loanword); Taiwan pr. dùn
• 咱zánI or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
• 咙lóngused in 喉咙
• 呛qiàngto irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent
• 咂zāto sip; to smack one's lips; to taste

Sounds the same

Read páo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 袍gown (lined)
• 跑(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
• 刨to dig; to excavate; (colloquial) to exclude
• 庖kitchen
• 炮to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
• 炰to roast
• 狍Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)
• 匏bottle gourd; Lagenaria vulgaris
• 鞄to work hides; leather bag
• 麃(archaic) a type of deer
• 麅variant of 狍