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玻璃

bō li

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 张、块

玻璃 (bō li) means "glass". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 玻璃 means

1. glass
2. slangmale homosexual

The characters in 玻璃

• 玻bōsee 玻璃
• 璃lí(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names); Taiwan pr. lì; variant of 璃

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 玻璃

• 玻璃杯bō li bēidrinking glass
• 玻璃球bō li qiúa marble (used in games)
• 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
• 玻璃纤维bō lí xiān wéifiberglass; glass fiber
• 玻璃罩bō li zhàoglass cover; bell glass
• 玻璃砂bō li shāsiliceous sand (geology)

Words containing 玻璃

• 窗玻璃chuāng bō líwindow pane
• 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

Where 玻璃 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Physical States & Materials (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bō li correctly.
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