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簸

bǒ

HSK 6 Character

What 簸 means

1. to winnow; to toss up and down

Other readings

簸 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bòused in {簸箕|bò jī}

Words starting with 簸

• 簸箕bò jīwicker or bamboo winnowing basket; dustpan
• 簸扬bǒ yángto winnow
• 簸谷bǒ gǔto winnow grain
• 簸荡bǒ dàngto be tossed around (like a boat on a rough sea)

Words containing 簸

• 颠簸diān bǒto be jolted around…

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
• 玻bōsee 玻璃
• 坡pōslope; sloping; slanted
• 颇pōrather; quite; considerably
• 跛bǒto limp; lame; crippled

Characters that look like 簸

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

• 籍jí(bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral…
• 藤téngrattan; cane; vine
• 躁zàoimpatient; hot-tempered
• 霰xiàngraupel; snow pellet; soft hail
• 馥fùfragrance; scent; aroma
• 籁làia sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds

Sounds the same

Read bǒ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 跛to limp; lame; crippled