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赌博

dǔ bó

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 賭博

赌博 (dǔ bó) means "to gamble". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 赌博 means

1. to gamble

The characters in 赌博

• 赌dǔto bet; to gamble
• 博bó(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble

Example sentences

• 戒掉赌博吧。
  Quit gambling.
• 赌博是非法的。
  Dǔbó shì fēifǎ de.
  Gambling is illegal.
• 你喜欢赌博吗?
  Nǐ xǐhuan dǔbó ma?
  Do you like to gamble?
• 你不喜欢赌博，是吗？
  You don't like gambling, do you?
• 汤姆失业后，为了排遣郁闷的心情而开始了赌博。
  Tāngmǔ shīyè hòu, wèile páiqiǎn yùmèn de xīnqíng ér kāishǐ le dǔbó.
  After Tom lost his job, he started to gamble to cope with his depression.
• 严禁卖淫嫖娼，赌博，吸毒，酗酒滋事等违法犯罪活动！
  Yánjìn màiyín piáochāng, dǔbó, xīdú, xùjiǔzīshì děng wéifǎ fànzuì huódòng!
  Prostitution, gambling, the use of narcotic substances, drunkenness, disorder, and all other illegal activities are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.

Where 赌博 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dòng–dū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dǔ bó correctly.
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