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魄

pò

HSK 6 Character

What 魄 means

1. literarysoul; mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body)

Example sentences

• 她莞尔一笑，动人心魄。
  She smiles, very moving.
• 叶公子名叫高，十分喜爱龙，衣带钩上雕着龙，酒器上刻着龙，居室内的花纹图案也全都画着龙。天上的真龙听说这件事，便降临到人间，头探进窗户里，尾巴拖在厅堂中。叶公看见真龙，转身惊慌逃开，吓得魂飞魄散，脸色大变。由此可见，叶公并不是真的喜爱龙，他喜爱的只是那些像龙却并非真龙的东西。
  Lord Ye, whose given name was Gao, was extremely fond of dragons. Dragons were carved on his belt hooks and wine vessels, and all the patterns in his dwelling were painted with dragons. When the real dragon in heaven heard of this, it descended to the mortal world. It poked its head through the window and trailed its tail across the hall. At the sight of the creature, Lord Ye spun around and fled in terror. He was utterly panic-stricken and turned pale with fright. This shows that Lord Ye did not truly love dragons. What he adored was merely things that looked like dragons, not real ones.

Words starting with 魄

• 魄力pò lìcourage; daring; boldness

Words containing 魄

• 气魄qì pòspirit; boldness; positive outlook
• 惊心动魄jīng xīn dòng pò(idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking
• 魂魄hún pòsoul
• 落魄luò pòdown and out; in dire straits; unrestrained
• 体魄tǐ pòphysique; build
• 失魂落魄shī hún luò pò(idiom) dazed; beside oneself
• 魂飞魄散hún fēi pò sànlit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom); fig. to be frightened stiff…
• 丹魄dān pòamber
• 动魄dòng pòshocking; shattering
• 胆魄dǎn pòboldness; daring
• 丽魄lì pòmoon
• 动人心魄dòng rén xīn pò(idiom) breathtaking; deeply affecting
• 丧魂失魄sàng hún shī pò(idiom) out of one's senses; shaken to the core; dazed
• 丧魂落魄sàng hún luò pòscared out of one's wits (idiom); in a panic
• 七魄qī pòseven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires…
• 三魂七魄sān hún qī pòthree immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and…
• 虎魄hǔ pòvariant of 琥珀
• 丢魂落魄diū hún luò pòsee 失魂落魄
• 动魄惊心dòng pò jīng xīnsee 惊心动魄

Characters built on 白

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

• 伯bófather's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
• 迫pòto force; to compel; to approach or go towards
• 泊pōlake; Taiwan pr. bó
• 舶bóship
• 珀pòused in 琥珀
• 铂bóplatinum (chemistry)
• 帛bósilk
• 粕pògrains in distilled liquor

Characters that look like 魄

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

• 魂húnsoul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
• 瑰guī(semiprecious stone); extraordinary
• 酿niàngto ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees)
• 蝠fú(bound form) bat
• 熄xīto extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench
• 槐huáiChinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica); Japanese pagoda tree

Sounds the same

Read pò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 破broken; damaged; worn out
• 迫to force; to compel; to approach or go towards
• 珀used in 琥珀
• 朴Celtis sinensis var. japonica
• 粕grains in distilled liquor
• 蒪myoga ginger (Zingiber mioga)