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褒

bāo

Character

What 褒 means

1. to praise
2. to commend
3. to honor
4. (of clothes) large or loose

Other readings

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

• bāovariant of {褒|bāo}

Example sentences

• 影片得到的评价褒贬不一。
  Yǐngpiàn dédào de píngjià bāobiǎn bùyī.
  The film received mixed reviews.

Words starting with 褒

• 褒贬bāo biǎnto appraise; to pass judgment on; to speak ill of
• 褒扬bāo yángto praise
• 褒义bāo yìcommendatory sense; positive connotation
• 褒禅山Bāo chán ShānMt Baochan in Anhui; formerly known as Mt Hua 华山
• 褒呔bāo tāibow tie (loanword) (Cantonese)
• 褒姒Bāo sìBaosi, concubine of King You of Zhou 周幽王

Words containing 褒

• 贬多于褒biǎn duō yú bāoto get more criticism than praise
• 一字褒贬yī zì bāo biǎn(lit.) to dispense praise or blame with a single word (idiom)…

Characters built on 保

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

• 堡bǎo(bound form) fortress; stronghold…
• 煲bāodeep cooking pot; to cook slowly in such a pot
• 葆bǎodense foliage; to cover
• 褓bǎoused in 襁褓; used in 褓姆

Characters that look like 褒

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

• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 裹guǒto wrap around; bundle; parcel; package; to press into service; to pressgang…
• 薇wēiOsmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 篪chíbamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes
• 蕨juéPteridium aquilinum; bracken
• 獒áo(bound form) mastiff

Sounds the same

Read bāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 包to cover; to wrap; to hold
• 胞placenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 煲deep cooking pot; to cook slowly in such a pot
• 剥to peel; to skin; to shell
• 炮to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating
• 苞bud; flower calyx; luxuriant
• 孢spore
• 龅(of a bucktooth) to protrude; to stick out
• 蕔a kind of grass (old)
• 勹old variant of 包
• 闁old variant of 褒; to praise