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曝

bào

HSK 6 Character

What 曝 means

1. used in {曝光|bào guāng}
2. Taiwan pr. pù

Other readings

曝 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• pùto air; to sun

Example sentences

• 汤姆和我之间的秘密被曝光了。
  Tāngmǔ hé wǒ zhījiān de mìmì bèi bàoguāng le.
  Tom and my secret came to light.

Words starting with 曝

• 曝光bào guāngto expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal); (advertising) exposure
• 曝晒pù shàito expose to strong sunlight
• 曝露pù lùto expose (to the air, light etc); to leave uncovered; exposure
• 曝光表bào guāng biǎolight meter; exposure meter

Words containing 曝

• 野叟曝言Yě sǒu Pù yánYesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠
• 一曝十寒yī pù shí hánone day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp…

Characters that look like 曝

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

• 爆bàoto explode; to burst; to stir-fry briefly; to quick-boil
• 瀑pùwaterfall
• 藤téngrattan; cane; vine
• 曦xī(literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning)
• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 藩fānfence; hedge; (literary) screen; barrier; vassal state

Sounds the same

Read bào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 报to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…
• 抱to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 暴sudden; violent; cruel
• 爆to explode; to burst; to stir-fry briefly; to quick-boil
• 豹leopard; panther
• 刨carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off
• 鲍abalone
• 瀑shower (rain)
• 趵jump; leap
• 菢hatch
• 虣cruel; violent
• 儤on night duty