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坡

pō

HSK 6 Character Measure word 个

What 坡 means

1. slope
2. sloping
3. slanted

Example sentences

• 新加坡是城邦。
  Xīnjiāpō shì chéngbāng.
  Singapore is a city-state.
• 本住在新加坡。
  Bin lived in Singapore.
• 我们爬上陡坡。
  We climbed a sharp slope.
• 汤姆走下山坡。
  Tom went down the hill.
• 吉隆坡值得一游。
  Jílóngpō zhíde yī yóu.
  Kuala Lumpur is worth visiting.
• 山坡上有一间小屋。
  Shānpō shàng yǒu yī jiān xiǎowū.
  There was a cottage on the side of the hill.

Words starting with 坡

• 坡度pō dùgradient; slope
• 坡道pō dàoroad on a slope; inclined path; ramp
• 坡国Pō guó(colloquial) Singapore
• 坡路pō lùsloping road; hill road
• 坡头区Pō tóu QūPotou, a district of Zhanjiang City 湛江市
• 坡县Pō xiàn(slang) Singapore
• 坡鹿pō lùEld's deer (Panolia eldii)
• 坡垒pō lěiHainan hopea (Hopea hainanensis) (botany)
• 坡头Pō tóusee 坡头区

Words containing 坡

• 新加坡Xīn jiā pōSingapore
• 山坡shān pōhillside
• 斜坡xié pōslope; incline
• 下坡xià pōdownhill slope
• 苏东坡Sū Dōng pōSu Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher
• 上坡shàng pōuphill; upslope; to move upwards
• 吉隆坡Jí lóng pōKuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
• 滑坡huá pōrockslide; landslip; landslide
• 新加坡人Xīn jiā pō rénSingaporean person; Singaporean
• 陡坡dǒu pōsteep slope; steep incline
• 走下坡路zǒu xià pō lùto go downhill; to decline; to slump
• 爬坡pá pōto climb a slope; to go uphill
• 北坡běi pōnorth slope
• 半坡Bàn pōBanpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
• 南坡nán pōsouth slope
• 退坡tuì pō(intransitive) to weaken; to decrease; (of a subsidy etc) to be rolled back
• 上坡段shàng pō duànuphill section (of a race)
• 上坡路shàng pō lùuphill road; slope up; fig. upward trend
• 下坡路xià pō lùdownhill road; (fig.) downhill path
• 可伦坡Kě lún pōColombo, capital of Sri Lanka (Tw)
• 打坐坡dǎ zuò pō(of a horse, dog etc) to sit back on one's haunches and refuse to be coaxed forward…
• 东坡区Dōng pō QūDongpo, a district of Meishan City 眉山市
• 东坡肉Dōng pō ròustir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 苏东坡
• 科伦坡Kē lún pōColombo, capital of Sri Lanka

Characters built on 皮

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

• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 破pòbroken; damaged; worn out
• 玻bōsee 玻璃
• 颇pōrather; quite; considerably
• 簸bǒto winnow; to toss up and down
• 跛bǒto limp; lame; crippled

Characters that look like 坡

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

• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 彼bǐthat; those; (one) another
• 拨bōto push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate
• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 驶shǐ(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go…
• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded

Sounds the same

Read pō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 泊lake; Taiwan pr. bó
• 颇rather; quite; considerably
• 泼to splash; to spill; rough and coarse
• 朴used in 朴刀
• 陂rugged; uneven
• 钋polonium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. pò
• PO(Taiwan; colloquial) to post (online); also pr. pōu
• 酦to ferment alcohol; Taiwan pr. pò