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颇

pō

HSK 6 Character Traditional 頗

What 颇 means

1. rather
2. quite
3. considerably
4. oblique
5. inclined
6. slanting
7. Taiwan pr. pǒ

Other readings

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

• Pōsurname Po; Taiwan pr. Pǒ

Example sentences

• 意料之外，收获颇丰。
  Yìliàozhīwài, shōuhuò pō fēng.
  Unexpectedly, I struck fortune.
• 汤姆好像颇为忙，对不对？
  Tāngmǔ hǎoxiàng pōwéi máng, duìbùduì?
  Tom seemed quite busy, didn't he?
• 这件物件的表面颇为粗糙。
  Zhè jiàn wùjiàn de biǎomiàn pōwéi cūcāo.
  The surface of the object is fairly rough.
• 医学的最新进展颇为显着。
  The recent advances in medicine are remarkable.
• 这家报社在当地知名度颇高。
  Zhè jiā bàoshè zài dāngdì zhīmíngdù pō gāo.
  This newspaper is well known in the local area.
• 这一切在我看来都颇为荒唐。
  Zhè yīqiè zàiwǒkànlái dōu pōwéi huāngtáng.
  I think that this is all quite absurd.

Words starting with 颇

• 颇为pō wéirather; quite
• 颇具pō jùrather; quite; to have much
• 颇多pō duō(quite) a lot; many

Words containing 颇

• 偏颇piān pōbiased; partial
• 廉颇Lián PōLian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦国 and Qi…
• 景颇Jǐng pōJingpo ethnic group
• 景颇族Jǐng pō zúJingpo ethnic group
• 德宏傣族景颇族自治州Dé hóng Dǎi zú Jǐng pō zú Zì zhì zhōuDehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, in Yunnan Province 云南省

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
• 簸bǒto winnow; to toss up and down
• 跛bǒto limp; lame; crippled

Characters that look like 颇

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

• 损sǔn(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage…
• 超chāoto exceed; to overtake; to surpass
• 顾gùto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
• 颁bānto promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 颊jiácheeks
• 绢juànthin, tough silk fabric

Sounds the same

Read pō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 坡slope; sloping; slanted
• 泊lake; Taiwan pr. bó
• 泼to splash; to spill; rough and coarse
• 朴used in 朴刀
• 陂rugged; uneven
• 钋polonium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. pò
• PO(Taiwan; colloquial) to post (online); also pr. pōu
• 酦to ferment alcohol; Taiwan pr. pò