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爆

bào

HSK 6 Character

What 爆 means

1. to explode; to burst
2. to stir-fry briefly; to quick-boil

Example sentences

• 爆炸！
  Explode!
• 汤姆要爆米花。
  Tāngmǔ yào bàomǐhuā.
  Tom wants popcorn.
• 那些是爆炸物吗？
  Nàxiē shì bàozhàwù ma?
  Are those explosives?
• 大爆炸致死六人。
  Dàbàozhà zhìsǐ liù rén.
  The huge explosion killed six people.
• 传闻被爆是真的。
  The rumor turned out true.
• 讨厌！轮胎爆了！
  Shit! I've got a flat.

Words starting with 爆

• 爆炸bào zhàexplosion; to explode; to blow up
• 爆发bào fāto break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out
• 爆竹bào zhúfirecracker
• 爆满bào mǎnfilled to capacity (of theater, stadium, gymnasium etc)
• 爆破bào pòto blow up; to demolish (using explosives); dynamite
• 爆出bào chūto burst out; to appear unexpectedly; to break (media story)
• 爆米花bào mǐ huāpuffed rice; popcorn
• 爆裂bào lièto rupture; to burst; to explode
• 爆发力bào fā lìexplosive power (in athletics, music, dance etc); dynamic intensity
• 爆炸性bào zhà xìngexplosive; fig. shocking
• 爆炒bào chǎoto stir-fry rapidly using a high flame; to conduct a media blitz…
• 爆光bào guāngphotographic exposure; public exposure
• 爆冷bào lěngan upset (esp. in sports); unexpected turn of events; to pull off a coup
• 爆吧bào bāspam flooding
• 爆弹bào dànbomb
• 爆改bào gǎito dramatically modify
• 爆料bào liàoto make explosive allegations
• 爆款bào kuǎn(retail) hot item
• 爆火bào huǒto skyrocket in popularity; to go viral
• 爆照bào zhào(net slang) to post a photo of oneself online
• 爆笑bào xiàoto burst out laughing; hilarious; burst of laughter
• 爆管bào guǎncartridge igniter; squib
• 爆红bào hóngto burst onto the scene; to shoot to fame; to become suddenly popular
• 爆声bào shēngexplosion; bang; sonic boom

Words containing 爆

• 火爆huǒ bàofiery (temper); popular; flourishing
• 引爆yǐn bàoto ignite; to detonate
• 起爆qǐ bàoto explode; to set off an explosion; to detonate
• 光爆guāng bàoexplosion of light
• 内爆nèi bàoto implode
• 刷爆shuā bàoto max out (a credit card)
• 口爆kǒu bào(slang) to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
• 完爆wán bào(neologism c. 2010) (coll.) to kick (one's opponent's) ass
• 弱爆ruò bào(slang) weak; pathetic; subpar
• 打爆dǎ bàoto blow out; to blow off; (computer games) to zap
• 易爆yì bàoexplosive
• 民爆mín bàocivil explosives
• 自爆zì bàoto explode; spontaneous detonation; self-detonation
• 试爆shì bàotrial explosion; nuclear test
• 音爆yīn bàosonic boom
• 惊爆jīng bàounexpected; staggering (news etc)
• 原爆点yuán bào diǎnground zero
• 大爆炸Dà bào zhàBig Bang (cosmology)
• 引爆点yǐn bào diǎntipping point
• 核爆炸hé bào zhànuclear explosion
• 核试爆hé shì bàonuclear test
• 被爆者bèi bào zhěsurvivor of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki…
• 引爆装置yǐn bào zhuāng zhìdetonator
• 火山爆发huǒ shān bào fāvolcanic eruption

Characters that look like 爆

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

• 壤rǎng(bound form) soil; earth; (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天
• 瀑pùwaterfall
• 藤téngrattan; cane; vine
• 曝bàoused in 曝光; Taiwan pr. pù
• 攘rǎng(literary) to push up one's sleeves; (literary) to reject; to resist…
• 獾huānbadger

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
• 曝used in 曝光; Taiwan pr. pù
• 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