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袍

páo

HSK 6 Character

What 袍 means

1. gown (lined)

Example sentences

• 国王解下了长袍。
  The king took off his robe.
• 你的丝绸长袍呢？
  Where are your silk gowns?
• 她穿了一件红旗袍。
  She wore a red cheongsam.
• 最初的旗袍是宽松的。
  Zuì chū de qípáo shì kuānsōng de.
  The original qipao was wide and loose.
• 在中国南方，旗袍又称“长衫”。
  Zài Zhōngguó nánfāng, qípáo yòuchēng "chángshān ".
  In Southern China, the qipao is also known as "changshan".
• 生命是一袭华美的袍子，爬满了虱子。
  Shēngmìng shì yī xí huáměi de páozi, pá mǎn le shīzi.
  Life is a magnificent gown full of lice.

Words starting with 袍

• 袍子páo ziChinese-style gown
• 袍泽páo zéfellow soldier

Words containing 袍

• 旗袍qí páocheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu…
• 长袍cháng páochang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe); gown; robe
• 睡袍shuì páonightgown
• 同袍tóng páofellow soldier; comrade; companion
• 外袍wài páorobe
• 战袍zhàn páo(old) combat robe; soldier's uniform; (sports) team jersey
• 浴袍yù páobathrobe
• 皮袍pí páofur-lined changpao 长袍
• 紫袍zǐ páopurple qipao gown, the sign of an official position
• 罩袍zhào páoChinese-style long robe worn as outermost garment; burqa
• 道袍dào páoTaoist robe; traditional men's gown
• 龙袍lóng páodragon robe; emperor's court dress
• 大红袍dà hóng páoan expensive type of oolong tea
• 割袍断义gē páo duàn yìto rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)…
• 重披战袍chóng pī zhàn páo(fig.) to re-enter the fray; to return to a field of activity after a period of absence
• 黄袍加身huáng páo jiā shēnlit. to take the yellow gown (idiom); fig. to be made emperor; to take the crown
• 蟒袍mǎng páoofficial robe worn by ministers during the Ming 明 (1368-1644) and Qing 清 (1644-1911)…
• 柘袍zhè páoimperial yellow robe

Characters built on 包

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

• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 胞bāoplacenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 泡pàobubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse
• 炮pàocannon; firecracker
• 鲍bàoabalone
• 饱bǎoto eat till full; satisfied
• 疱pàopimple; acne; blister

Characters that look like 袍

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

• 蛇shésnake; serpent
• 艳yànbright; fresh and attractive; glamorous; (bound form) amorous; romantic…
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 铯sècesium (chemistry)
• 桤qīalder
• 衲nàcassock; to line

Sounds the same

Read páo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 跑(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
• 刨to dig; to excavate; (colloquial) to exclude
• 庖kitchen
• 炮to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
• 咆to roar
• 炰to roast
• 狍Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)
• 匏bottle gourd; Lagenaria vulgaris
• 鞄to work hides; leather bag
• 麃(archaic) a type of deer
• 麅variant of 狍