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膊

bó

HSK 4 Character

What 膊 means

1. shoulder
2. upper arm

Example sentences

• 他抓住了她的胳膊。
  Tā zhuāzhù le tā de gēbo.
  He caught her by the arm.
• 另一个抓住他的胳膊。
  Lìngyī gè zhuāzhù tā de gēbo.
  The other grasped his arm.
• 他把身子靠在胳膊上。
  Tā bǎ shēnzi kào zài gēbo shàng.
  He leaned on his elbows.
• 警察抓着小偷的胳膊。
  The policeman took the thief by the arm.
• 汤姆碰了我的胳膊肘。
  Tom touched my elbow.
• 我看见他们胳膊挽着胳膊地走路。
  Wǒ kànjiàn tāmen gēbo wǎn zhe gēbo de zǒulù.
  I saw them walking arm in arm.

Words containing 膊

• 胳膊gē boarm
• 胳膊肘gē bo zhǒuelbow
• 赤膊chì bóbare to the waist
• 搭膊dā bóshoulder bag
• 肩膊jiān bóshoulder
• 臂膊bì bóarm
• 打赤膊dǎ chì bóto bare one's chest; bare-chested
• 赤膊上阵chì bó shàng zhènlit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom); fig. to go all out; to come out in the open
• 胳膊肘朝外拐gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎilit. the elbow turns outward (idiom); fig. to side with outsiders rather than one's own…
• 袒膊tǎn bóto strip to the waist; to be bare to the waist
• 捋胳膊luō gē boto push up one's sleeves
• 胳膊拧不过大腿gē bo nǐng bu guò dà tuǐ(idiom) the weak cannot overcome the strong
• 胳膊肘子gē bo zhǒu zisee 胳膊肘
• 胳膊肘往外拐gē bo zhǒu wǎng wài guǎisee 胳膊肘朝外拐

Characters built on 月

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

• 膜mómembrane; film
• 脖bóneck
• 肟wòoxime; oximide; -oxil (chemistry)

Characters that look like 膊

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

• 膜mómembrane; film
• 腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)…
• 搏bóto fight; to combat; to seize
• 滓zǐ(bound form) dregs; sediment
• 腭èpalate; roof of the mouth
• 缛rùadorned; beautiful

Sounds the same

Read bó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 博(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 薄meager; slight; weak
• 脖neck
• 伯father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
• 勃flourishing; prosperous; suddenly
• 驳variegated; heterogeneous; to refute
• 舶ship
• 搏to fight; to combat; to seize
• 泊to moor (a boat); to park (a vehicle); (literary) calm; quiet; peaceful
• 帛silk
• 卜used in 萝卜
• 铂platinum (chemistry)