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玻

bō

HSK 5 Character

What 玻 means

1. see {玻璃|bō li}

Example sentences

• 玻璃易碎。
  Bōli yìsuì.
  Glass breaks easily.
• 玻璃脏了。
  The glass is dirty.
• 玻璃杯打碎了。
  The glass cup broke.
• 玻璃是谁发明的？
  Who invented glass?
• 雨滴敲打窗户玻璃。
  Yǔdī qiāodǎ chuānghu bōli.
  The rain beats against the window pane.
• 不要踩在碎玻璃上。
  Don't step on the broken glass.

Words starting with 玻

• 玻璃bō liglass; (slang) male homosexual
• 玻璃杯bō li bēidrinking glass
• 玻璃球bō li qiúa marble (used in games)
• 玻片bō piànglass slide for medical sample
• 玻意耳Bō yì ěrRobert Boyle (1627-1691), English chemist
• 玻色子bō sè zǐboson (particle physics)
• 玻利维亚Bō lì wéi yàBolivia
• 玻尔兹曼Bō ěr zī mànLudwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist and philosopher
• 玻利尼西亚Bō lì ní xī yàPolynesia
• 玻里尼西亚Bō lǐ ní xī yàPolynesia (Tw)
• 玻璃化bō li huàvitrification
• 玻璃市Bō lí shìPerlis, state of Malaysia adjacent to Thailand, capital Kangar 加央
• 玻璃心bō li xīn(slang) overly sensitive; butthurt
• 玻璃水bō li shuǐwindshield washer fluid
• 玻璃管bō li guǎnglass tube
• 玻璃纸bō li zhǐcellophane
• 玻璃钢bō li gāngglass-reinforced plastic; fiberglass
• 玻璃体bō lí tǐvitreous humor
• 玻纤bō xiānfiberglass; glass fiber (abbr. for 玻璃纤维
• 玻璃纤维bō lí xiān wéifiberglass; glass fiber
• 玻尿酸bō niào suānhyaluronic acid; hyaluronan
• 玻璃罩bō li zhàoglass cover; bell glass
• 玻璃砂bō li shāsiliceous sand (geology)

Words containing 玻

• 窗玻璃chuāng bō líwindow pane
• 盖玻片gài bō piàncoverslip
• 载玻片zài bō piànmicroscope slide
• 希格斯玻色子Xī gé sī bō sè zǐHiggs boson (particle physics)
• 毛玻璃máo bō lifrosted glass
• 水玻璃shuǐ bō li(chemistry) water glass
• 不碎玻璃bù suì bō lishatterproof or safety glass
• 中空玻璃zhōng kōng bō lidouble glazing
• 有机玻璃yǒu jī bō liplexiglass
• 钢化玻璃gāng huà bō lireinforced glass
• 风档玻璃fēng dàng bō liwindscreen (car window)
• 挡风玻璃dǎng fēng bō liwindshield; wind screen
• 磨砂玻璃mó shā bō lifrosted glass

Characters built on 皮

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

• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 破pòbroken; damaged; worn out
• 坡pōslope; sloping; slanted
• 颇pōrather; quite; considerably
• 簸bǒto winnow; to toss up and down
• 跛bǒto limp; lame; crippled

Characters that look like 玻

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

• 政zhèngpolitical; politics; government
• 建jiànto establish; to found; to set up
• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 彼bǐthat; those; (one) another
• 披pīto drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
• 驶shǐ(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go…

Sounds the same

Read bō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 播(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc)…
• 波wave; ripple; storm
• 剥to peel; to skin; to flay
• 拨to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate
• 钵small earthenware plate or basin; a monk's alms bowl; Sanskrit paatra
• 般used in 般若
• 啵(onomatopoeia) to bubble
• 菠spinach
• 砵alms bowl
• 盋obscure variant of 钵
• 饽cake; biscuit
• 嶓name of a mountain