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泼

pō

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character Traditional 潑

泼 (pō) means "to splash". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 泼 means

1. to splash
2. to spill
3. rough and coarse
4. brutish

Example sentences

• 他有点活泼。
  Tā yǒudiǎn huópo.
  He's a bit energetic.
• 爱泼斯坦没有自杀。
  Epstein didn't kill himself.
• 特朗普杀了爱泼斯坦。
  Trump killed Epstein.
• 他往他自己身上泼了一盆冷水。
  Tā wǎng tā zìjǐ shēnshang pō le yī pén lěngshuǐ.
  He poured cold water over himself.
• 克莱恩女士虽已至耄耋之年，但仍然很活泼。
  Kèlái ēn nǚshì suī yǐ zhì màodiézhīnián, dàn réngrán hěn huópo.
  Although Mrs Crane is at her eighties，she is still vivacious.

Words starting with 泼

• 泼辣pō lashrewish; pungent; forceful
• 泼妇pō fùshrew; vixen
• 泼水pō shuǐto splash water
• 泼冷水pō lěng shuǐto pour cold water on; (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm
• 泼掉pō diàospill
• 泼物pō wùevil creature (curse word)
• 泼贱pō jiànbase; worthless
• 泼水节Pō shuǐ jiéSongkran (Thai New Year)
• 泼烟花pō yān huālow-class prostitute
• 泼贱人pō jiàn rénslut; tramp (old)
• 泼脏水pō zāng shuǐ(fig.) to sling mud at; to smear; to slander
• 泼妇骂街pō fù mà jiēshouting abuse in the street like a fishwife
• 泼水难收pō shuǐ nán shōuwater once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change
• 泼出去的水pō chū qù de shuǐspilt water; (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved; spilt milk
• 泼溅pō jiànto spatter

Words containing 泼

• 活泼huó polively; vivacious; brisk
• 瓢泼大雨piáo pō dà yǔdownpour (idiom)
• 撒泼sā pōto make an unreasonable scene
• 耍泼shuǎ pō(dialect) to make an unreasonable scene
• 风泼fēng pōcrazy
• 油泼扯面yóu pō chě miànbroad, belt-shaped noodles, popular in Shaanxi, also known as 𰻞𰻞麵
• 瓢泼piáo pō(of rain) pouring
• 瓢泼而下piáo pō ér xià(of rain) to fall heavily
• 油泼面yóu pō miànsee 油泼扯面

Characters that look like 泼

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

• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 恢huī(bound form) vast; expansive; (bound form) to restore; to recover
• 虐nüè(bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe
• 厘líone hundredth; centi-
• 迢tiáoremote

Sounds the same

Read pō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 坡slope; sloping; slanted
• 泊lake; Taiwan pr. bó
• 颇rather; quite; considerably
• 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

Where 泼 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · píng–pò (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pō correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.