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搏

bó

HSK 6 Character

What 搏 means

1. to fight
2. to combat
3. to seize
4. (of heart) to beat

Example sentences

• 我的脉搏很快。
  My pulse is fast.
• 他的脉搏正常吗？
  Tā de màibó zhèngcháng ma?
  Is his pulse regular?
• 检查汤姆的脉搏。
  Check Tom's pulse.
• 汤姆决定拼死一搏。
  Tom put up one hell of a fight.
• 我装了个心脏起搏器。
  I've got a pacemaker.
• 医生正在量病人的脉搏。
  Yīshēng zhèngzài liáng bìngrén de màibó.
  The doctor is taking the patient's pulse.

Words starting with 搏

• 搏斗bó dòuto wrestle; to fight; to struggle
• 搏击bó jīto fight, esp. with hands; wrestling (as a sport); to wrestle
• 搏杀bó shāto fight and kill; to engage in fierce combat…
• 搏动bó dòngto beat rhythmically; to throb; to pulsate
• 搏命bó mìngto fight with all one has
• 搏战bó zhànto fight; to struggle; to wage war
• 搏鱼bó yúfighting fish (genus Betta)
• 搏感情bó gǎn qíng(Taiwan) to build up a rapport; to cultivate a warm relationship…
• 搏髀bó bìto beat time by slapping one's thighs

Words containing 搏

• 拼搏pīn bóto struggle; to wrestle
• 脉搏mài bópulse (both medical and figurative)
• 肉搏ròu bóto fight hand-to-hand
• 心搏xīn bóheartbeat; pulse
• 早搏zǎo bó(medicine) premature beat; extrasystole
• 桑搏sāng bó(sports; loanword) sambo
• 肉搏战ròu bó zhànhand-to-hand combat
• 起搏器qǐ bó qìpacemaker (medical device)
• 脑起搏器nǎo qǐ bó qìdeep brain stimulator; brain pacemaker
• 厮搏sī bóto come to blows; to fight; to tussle
• 放手一搏fàng shǒu yī bóto put one's all into the fight

Characters built on 尃

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

• 博bó(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 膊bóshoulder; upper arm
• 镈bóancient musical intrument shaped as a bell; hoe; spade

Characters that look like 搏

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

• 博bó(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 摔shuāito throw down; to fall; to drop and break
• 傅fù(bound form) instructor; (literary) to instruct; to attach
• 膊bóshoulder; upper arm
• 缚fùto bind; to tie; Taiwan pr. fú
• 摒bìngto discard; to get rid of

Sounds the same

Read bó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 博(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 膊shoulder; upper arm
• 薄meager; slight; weak
• 脖neck
• 伯father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
• 勃flourishing; prosperous; suddenly
• 驳variegated; heterogeneous; to refute
• 舶ship
• 泊to moor (a boat); to park (a vehicle); (literary) calm; quiet; peaceful
• 帛silk
• 卜used in 萝卜
• 铂platinum (chemistry)