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雹

báo

HSK 6 Character

What 雹 means

1. hail

Example sentences

• 下冰雹了！
  Xià bīngbáo le!
  It's hailing!
• 正在下雹。
  It's hailing.
• 你什么时候看见过冰雹吗？
  Nǐ shénmeshíhou kànjiàn guo bīngbáo ma?
  Have you ever seen it hail?
• 你什幺时候看见过冰雹吗？
  Have you ever seen it hail?
• 婆婆和媳妇就像是暴风雨和冰雹。
  Pópo hé xífù jiù xiàng shì bàofēngyǔ hé bīngbáo.
  Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are a tempest and hailstorm.

Words starting with 雹

• 雹块báo kuàihailstone
• 雹子báo zihail; hailstone
• 雹暴báo bàohailstorm
• 雹灾báo zāidisaster caused by hail

Words containing 雹

• 冰雹bīng báohail; hailstone

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
• 袍páogown (lined)

Characters that look like 雹

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

• 需xūto require; to need; to want
• 蒙méng(literary) sincere; honest; genuine
• 雾wùfog; mist
• 雯wénmulticolored clouds
• 裳shangused in 衣裳
• 窦dòu(literary) hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus

Sounds the same

Read báo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 薄thin; cold in manner; indifferent