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薄

bó

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character

薄 (báo) means "thin". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 薄 means

meager
slight
weak
ungenerous or unkind
frivolous
to despise
to belittle
to look down on
to approach or near

Example sentences

把肉切成薄片。

Bǎ ròu qiēchéng báopiàn.

Cut the meat into thin slices.
女人薄情善变。

Nǚrén bóqíng shànbiàn.

A woman is ever fickle and changeable.
山顶上空气稀薄。

The air is thin at the summit.
穿那幺薄会感冒的。

You'll catch cold in such thin clothing.
穿那幺薄，小心感冒。

You'll catch cold in such thin clothing.
她衣衫单薄，恐会着凉。

Tā yīshān dānbó, kǒng huì zháoliáng.

She wore such thin clothes that she might well catch a cold.

Words starting with 薄

Words containing 薄

Characters that look like 薄

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

Sounds the same

Read bó, tone for tone, but written differently.

Where 薄 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.
How characters are built from components.
How to learn Chinese characters.
The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bó correctly.
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