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泊

pō

HSK 6 Character

What 泊 means

1. lake
2. Taiwan pr. bó

Other readings

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

• bóto moor (a boat); to park (a vehicle); calm; quiet; peaceful

Example sentences

• 一滴滴水能聚成湖泊。
  Yī Dīdī shuǐnéng jù chéng húpō.
  Drop by drop, the water can conglomerate into a lake.
• 森林外有一个美丽的湖泊。
  A beautiful lake lay just beyond the forest.
• 日月潭是台湾最大的湖泊。
  Sun Moon Lake is the largest lake in Taiwan.
• 在你生活的地方有许多湖泊。
  Zài nǐ shēnghuó de dìfang yǒu xǔduō húpō.
  There are many lakes in the area where you live.
• 她出生于尼泊尔的一个偏远小山村。
  Tā chūshēng yú Níbó'ěr de yī gè piānyuǎn xiǎo shāncūn.
  She was born in a remote village in Nepal.
• 我自己也因违例泊车而被罚了许多次款。
  Wǒ zìjǐ yě yīn wéilì bóchē ér bèi fá le xǔduō cì kuǎn.
  I've paid parking fines a number of times myself.

Words starting with 泊

• 泊位bó wèiberth (for a ship); parking space (for a vehicle)
• 泊松Bó sōngS.D. Poisson (1781-1840), French mathematician; also pr. Pō sōng
• 泊船bó chuánto moor a boat or ship
• 泊车bó chēto park a vehicle
• 泊头市Bó tóu ShìBotou, a county-level city in Cangzhou City 沧州市
• 泊松分布Bó sōng fēn bùPoisson distribution (in statistics)
• 泊头Bó tóusee 泊头市

Words containing 泊

• 湖泊hú pōlake
• 停泊tíng bóto anchor; anchorage; mooring (of a ship)
• 尼泊尔Ní bó ěrNepal
• 漂泊piāo bó(of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor; (fig.) to roam…
• 淡泊dàn bóliving a simple life
• 血泊xuè pōpool of blood
• 罗布泊Luó bù pōLop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed
• 欧泊ōu bóopal (Sanskrit: upala)
• 系泊jì bóto moor
• 落泊luò bódown and out; in dire straits; unrestrained
• 接泊车jiē bó chēshuttle bus
• 莫泊桑Mò bó sāngGuy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer
• 代客泊车dài kè bó chēvalet parking
• 尼泊尔王国Ní bó ěr Wáng guóKingdom of Nepal
• 淡泊名利dàn bó míng lìnot caring about fame and fortune (idiom); indifferent to worldly rewards
• 淡泊明志dàn bó míng zhìliving a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
• 鸾飘凤泊luán piāo fèng bólit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom); fig. bold, graceful calligraphy…
• 碇泊dìng bóto moor; to drop anchor
• 尼泊尔鹪鹛Ní bó ěr jiāo méi(bird species of China) Nepal cupwing; immaculate cupwing…
• 飘泊piāo bóvariant of 漂泊
• 澹泊dàn bóvariant of 淡泊

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.

• 伯bófather's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
• 迫pòto force; to compel; to approach or go towards
• 舶bóship
• 珀pòused in 琥珀
• 铂bóplatinum (chemistry)
• 魄pò(literary) soul; mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body)
• 帛bósilk
• 粕pògrains in distilled liquor

Characters that look like 泊

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

• 活huóto live; alive; living
• 围wéito encircle; to surround; all around
• 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划
• 浊zhuóturbid; muddy; impure
• 洵xúntruly; whirlpool

Sounds the same

Read pō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 坡slope; sloping; slanted
• 颇rather; quite; considerably
• 泼to splash; to spill; rough and coarse
• 朴used in 朴刀
• 陂rugged; uneven
• 钋polonium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. pò
• PO(Taiwan; colloquial) to post (online); also pr. pōu
• 酦to ferment alcohol; Taiwan pr. pò