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稀薄

xī bó

2-character word

What 稀薄 means

1. thin
2. rarefied

The characters in 稀薄

• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 薄bómeager; slight; weak

Example sentences

• 山顶上空气稀薄。
  The air is thin at the summit.
• 我们登得愈高，空气就愈稀薄。
  Wǒmen dēng de yù gāo, kōngqì jiù yù xībó.
  The higher we go up, the thinner the air becomes.

Sounds the same

Read xī bó, tone for tone, but written differently.

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