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孢

bāo

Character

What 孢 means

1. spore

Words starting with 孢

• 孢子bāo zǐspore

Words containing 孢

• 芽孢yá bāoendospore
• 头孢tóu bāo(pharm.) cephalosporin
• 双孢蘑菇shuāng bāo mó gūcultivated mushroom; champignon (Agaricus bisporus)
• 头孢拉定tóu bāo lā dìng(pharm.) cefradine (aka cephradine)
• 头孢菌素tóu bāo jūn sù(pharm.) cephalosporin
• 球孢子菌病qiú bāo zǐ jūn bìngCoccidioidomycosis
• 厌酷球孢子菌yàn kù qiú bāo zǐ jūnCoccidioides immitis
• 蜡样芽孢杆菌là yàng yá bāo gǎn jūn(microbiology) Bacillus cereus
• 头孢噻吩tóu bāo sāi fēn(pharm.) cefalotin (aka cephalothin)
• 肉毒梭状芽孢杆菌ròu dú suō zhuàng yá bāo gǎn jūnClostridium botulinum

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 孢

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

• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 拖tuōto drag; to tow; to trail
• 胞bāoplacenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 炮pàocannon; firecracker
• 驼tuóhump or hunchbacked; camel
• 荆jīngchaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a…

Sounds the same

Read bāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 包to cover; to wrap; to hold
• 胞placenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 煲deep cooking pot; to cook slowly in such a pot
• 剥to peel; to skin; to shell
• 褒to praise; to commend; to honor
• 炮to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating
• 苞bud; flower calyx; luxuriant
• 龅(of a bucktooth) to protrude; to stick out
• 蕔a kind of grass (old)
• 勹old variant of 包
• 闁old variant of 褒; to praise