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鲍

bào

Character Traditional 鮑

What 鲍 means

1. abalone

Other readings

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

• Bàosurname Bao

Example sentences

• 鲍勃很高兴。
  Bob was very happy.
• 鲍伯在话剧社。
  Bào bó zài huàjù shè.
  Bob is in the drama club.
• 鲍勃也会开车。
  Bob can drive a car, too.
• 鲍勃是对的吗？
  Is Bob right?
• 鲍勃看到他了。
  Bob saw him again.
• 鲍勃很晚回家。
  Bob came home very late.

Words starting with 鲍

• 鲍鱼bào yúabalone
• 鲍耶Bào yēJános Bolyai (1802–1860), Hungarian mathematician, one of the founders of non-Euclidean…
• 鲍德里亚Bào dé lǐ yàJean Baudrillard (1929-2007), French cultural theorist and philosopher
• 鲍狄埃Bào dí āiEugène Edine Pottier (1816-1887), French revolutionary socialist and poet
• 鲍勃·马利Bào bó · Mǎ lìBob Marley (1945-1981), Jamaican reggae musician and activist
• 鲍勃·伍德沃德Bào bó · Wǔ dé wò déBob Woodward (Washington Post journalist)
• 鲍威尔Bào wēi ěrPowell (name)
• 鲍罗丁Bào luó dīngBorodin (name); Alexander Borodin (1833-1887), Russian chemist and composer
• 鲍罗廷Bào luó tíngBorodin (name); Alexander Porfirevich Borodin (1833-1887), Russian chemist and composer

Words containing 鲍

• 杏鲍菇xìng bào gūking oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii)

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
• 饱bǎoto eat till full; satisfied
• 袍páogown (lined)
• 疱pàopimple; acne; blister

Characters that look like 鲍

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

• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 赖làito depend on; to hang on in a place; bad
• 跪guìto kneel
• 魁kuíchief; head; outstanding
• 褪tuìto take off (clothes); to shed (feathers); (of color) to fade…
• 鲔wěilittle tuna; Euthynnus alletteratus

Sounds the same

Read bào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 报to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…
• 抱to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 暴sudden; violent; cruel
• 爆to explode; to burst; to stir-fry briefly; to quick-boil
• 曝used in 曝光; Taiwan pr. pù
• 豹leopard; panther
• 刨carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off
• 瀑shower (rain)
• 趵jump; leap
• 菢hatch
• 虣cruel; violent
• 儤on night duty