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跛

bǒ

Character

What 跛 means

1. to limp
2. lame
3. crippled

Example sentences

• 我走不动，但是肯定能跛行。
  Wǒ zǒu bù dòng, dànshì kěndìng néng bǒ xíng.
  I can't walk, but I can definitely hobble.

Words starting with 跛

• 跛子bǒ zilame person; cripple
• 跛脚bǒ jiǎoto limp; lame person
• 跛足bǒ zúlame

Characters built on 皮

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

• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 破pòbroken; damaged; worn out
• 玻bōsee 玻璃
• 坡pōslope; sloping; slanted
• 颇pōrather; quite; considerably
• 簸bǒto winnow; to toss up and down

Characters that look like 跛

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

• 鼓gǔdrum; to drum; to strike
• 跌diēto fall; to tumble; to trip
• 琥hǔused in 琥珀
• 跋bápostscript; to trek across mountains
• 舷xiánside of a ship or an aircraft
• 敝bìmy (polite); poor; ruined

Sounds the same

Read bǒ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 簸to winnow; to toss up and down