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桲

bó

Character

What 桲 means

1. flail

Other readings

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

• poused in {榅桲|wēn po}; Taiwan pr. bó

Example sentences

• 在一个繁忙的星期五晚上，迪亚克的餐厅里，一些顾客正在享用慢烤猪里肌配榅桲、马铃薯泥；烤苹果；以及白兰地黄油酱。
  At Diack’s eatery on a busy Friday evening, some of his patrons tuck into slow-roasted pork loin with quince and potato mash, grilled apples and brandy butter sauce.

Words containing 桲

• 榅桲wēn poquince (Cydonia oblonga)

Characters built on 孛

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

• 勃bóflourishing; prosperous; suddenly
• 脖bóneck
• 饽bōcake; biscuit
• 鹁bówoodpidgeon
• 哱bōused in 呼哱哱

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
• 搏to fight; to combat; to seize
• 泊to moor (a boat); to park (a vehicle); (literary) calm; quiet; peaceful
• 帛silk
• 卜used in 萝卜