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柏

bǎi

Character

What 柏 means

1. cedar
2. cypress
3. Taiwan pr. bó

Other readings

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

• bó(used for transcribing names)
• bòused in {黄柏|huáng bò}; Taiwan pr. bó
• Bǎisurname Bai; Taiwan pr. Bó
• bǎivariant of {柏|bǎi}

Example sentences

• 欢迎来到柏林。
  Welcome to Berlin.
• 他昨年去了柏林。
  Tā zuó nián qù le Bólín.
  He went to Berlin last year.
• 当时包柏在洗碗。
  Bob was washing the dishes at that time.
• 柏林是德国城市。
  Berlin is a German city.
• 你想说柏柏语吗？
  Do you want to speak Berber?
• 这条街铺上了柏油。
  Zhè tiáo jiē pū shàng le bǎiyóu.
  The street is paved with asphalt.

Words starting with 柏

• 柏林Bó línBerlin, capital of Germany
• 柏拉图Bó lā túPlato (c. 427 – c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher
• 柏油路bǎi yóu lùtarred road; asphalt road
• 柏林墙Bó lín QiángBerlin Wall
• 柏树bǎi shùcypress tree; Taiwan pr. bó shù
• 柏油bǎi yóuasphalt; tar; pitch
• 柏柏尔Bò bò ěrBerber people of North Africa
• 柏青哥bó qīng gēpachinko (loanword) (Tw)
• 柏林围墙Bó lín Wéi qiángBerlin Wall
• 柏油马路bǎi yóu mǎ lùtarred road; asphalt road
• 柏节松操bǎi jié sōng cāochaste widowhood
• 柏举之战Bǎi jǔ zhī ZhànBattle of Baiju (506 BC), in which Wu 吴
• 柏蒂切利Bó dì qiè lìSandro Botticelli (1445-1510) Italian painter of the Florentine school
• 柏林工业大学Bó lín Gōng yè Dà xuéTechnical University of Berlin, Germany (Technische Universitaet zu Berlin)
• 柏乡县Bǎi xiāng XiànBaixiang, a county in Xingtai City 邢台市
• 柏悦Bó yuèPark Hyatt (hotel brand)
• 柏拉图哲学Bó lā tú zhé xuéPlatonism
• 柏克郡Bó kè jùnBerkshire (English county)
• 柏崎Bǎi qíKashiwazaki (Japanese surname); Kashiwazaki, town in Niigata prefecture, Japan…
• 柏崎市Bǎi qí shìKashiwazaki city, Japan
• 柏辽兹Bó liáo zīHector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique
• 柏崎刈羽Bǎi qí Yì yǔKashiwasaki Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟
• 柏孜克里克千佛洞Bó zī kè lǐ kè Qiān fó dòngthe Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang
• 柏克莱Bǎi kè láiBerkeley (name); George Berkeley (1685-1753), Bishop of Cloyne, famous British…

Words containing 柏

• 张柏芝Zhāng Bó zhīCecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer
• 松柏sōng bǎipine and cypress; fig. chaste and undefiled; fig. tomb
• 都柏林Dū bó línDublin, capital of Ireland
• 刺柏cì bǎiChinese juniper
• 圆柏yuán bǎiChinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
• 丝柏sī bócypress
• 欧柏林Ōu bó línOberlin
• 新柏拉图主义xīn Bó lā tú zhǔ yìneo-Platonism (philosophical system combining Platonism with mysticism)
• 双柏县Shuāng bǎi XiànShuangbai, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州
• 嘉柏隆里Jiā bó lóng lǐ(Taiwan) Gaborone, capital of Botswana
• 齐柏林飞艇Qí bó lín fēi tǐngZeppelin dirigible airship
• 苍松翠柏cāng sōng cuì bǎievergreen pine and cypress (idiom); steadfast nobility
• 桐柏山Tóng bǎi shānTongbai mountain range, the watershed between Huai 淮河 and Han 汉江 rivers
• 桐柏县Tóng bǎi XiànTongbai, a county in Nanyang City 南阳市
• 石刁柏shí diāo bǎiasparagus
• 桧柏guì bǎiChinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
• 万柏林区Wàn bǎi lín QūWanbailin, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市
• 埃克托·柏辽兹Āi kè tuō · Bó liáo zīHector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique
• 齐柏林Qí bó línZeppelin (name); Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), inventor of the Zeppelin…
• 双柏Shuāng bǎisee 双柏县
• 黄柏huáng bòvariant of 黄檗
• 桐柏Tóng bǎisee 桐柏县
• 万柏林Wàn bǎi línsee 万柏林区

Characters built on 白

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

• 拍pāito pat; to clap; to slap
• 皑ái(literary) white as snow
• 百bǎihundred; numerous; all kinds of

Characters that look like 柏

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

• 档dàng(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files…
• 帕pàto wrap; kerchief; handkerchief
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring
• 拮jiéantagonistic; laboring hard; pressed
• 桓huánChinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)

Sounds the same

Read bǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 百hundred; numerous; all kinds of
• 摆to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro
• 伯one hundred (old)
• 佰hundred (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 捭to spread out; to open
• 竡hectoliter (old)
• 䙓variant of 摆