薄 báo
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báo
adjective
thin; slight; weak
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Another pronunciation, similar to the senses for bó (Guoyu '薄' báo; Unihan '薄') -
bó
adjective
thin
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不厚的 (Guoyu '薄' adj 1; Unihan '薄') -
bó
adjective
sparse; infrequent; thinly spread
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 稀疏 (Guoyu '薄' adj 2) -
bó
adjective
lowly; mean and low
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 薄 is synonymous with 卑贱 in this sense (Guoyu '薄' adj 5) -
bò
noun
field mint; peppermint
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink , Concept: Herb 草本
Notes: 薄 is synonymous with 薄荷 in this sense (Guoyu '薄' bò) -
bó
adjective
insincere
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 薄 is synonymous with 不敦厚 in this sense (Guoyu '薄' adj 6) -
bó
adjective
barren; infertile
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Of land, 薄 is synonymous with 贫瘠 in this sense (Guoyu '薄' adj 3) -
báo
adjective
too insignificant to mention
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 微不足道 (Guoyu '薄' adj 4) -
bó
adjective
disrespectful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 薄 is synonymous with 不尊重 in this sense (Guoyu '薄' adj 7) -
bó
noun
a thicket
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of a place where bushes grow (Guoyu '薄' n 1) -
bó
noun
a curtain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 帘子 (Guoyu '薄' n 2) -
bó
proper noun
Bo
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '薄' n 3) -
bó
verb
to decrease; to reduce; to weaken
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 减损 (Guoyu '薄' v 1) -
bó
verb
to approach
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 迫近 or 接近 (Guoyu '薄' v 2) -
bó
verb
to adhere
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 附着 (Guoyu '薄' v 3) -
bó
verb
to invade
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 侵入 (Guoyu '薄' v 4) -
bó
verb
to despise; to disdain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 鄙视 (Guoyu '薄' v 5)
Contained in
- 薄板 a sheet; lamina
- 厚积薄发(厚積薄發) to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly; good preparation is the key to success
- 德薄 scant virtue
- 薄利多销(薄利多銷) small profit but rapid turnover
- 轻薄(輕薄) light (weight); frivolous; a philanderer; to scorn; disrespectful
- 蚕薄(蠶薄) tray of straw for raising silkworms
- 轻口薄舌(輕口薄舌) light mouth, thin tongue; hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
- 义薄云天(義薄雲天) supremely honorable and righteous
- 刻薄寡恩 harsh and merciless
- 鄙薄 to despise; to scorn
- 绵薄(綿薄) my humble effort; my meager contribution (humble)
- 摊薄后每股盈利(攤薄後每股盈利) diluted earnings per share
- 临深履薄(臨深履薄) facing an abyss, walking on thin ice
- 薄脆 crispy; thin and brittle; a crispy fried cracker
- 香薄荷 savory (herb)
- 厚薄 thickness ; density ; number; size ; close and distant relatives ; noble and lowly; poor and rich
- 浮薄 frivolous; philandering
- 刻薄 unkind; harsh
- 金属薄片(金屬薄片) foil
- 薄绸(薄綢) light silk; silk chiffon
- 脸薄(臉薄) bashful; shy
- 德薄才疏 scant virtue and lacking ability
- 薄瘠 thin and barren
- 薄晓(薄曉) at dawn
- 薄养厚葬(薄養厚葬) to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral
- 薄明 dim light; early dawn
- 如履薄冰 as if walking on thin ice; to be extremely cautious; to be skating on thin ice
- 薄蚀(薄蝕) to eclipse
- 穷家薄业(窮家薄業) poor and with few means of subsistance; destitute
- 俭薄(儉薄) lacking; stingy
- 脸皮薄(臉皮薄) thin-skinned; sensitive
- 才疏德薄 lacking ability and scant virtue
- 薄幸 fickle; inconstant person
- 薄烤饼(薄烤餅) pancake
- 薄暗 at dusk; evening
- 厚死薄生 to praise the dead and revile the living; to live in the past
- 厌薄(厭薄) to despise; to look down upon
- 薄海 vast area; all the way to the sea
- 厚养薄葬(厚養薄葬) generous care but a thrifty funeral
- 薄油层(薄油層) oil sheet
- 薄技 meager skill; my poor talents (humble)
- 微薄 small in amount; meager ; lowly and mean
- 命薄 to be unlucky
- 薄田 barren field; poor land
- 薄透镜(薄透鏡) thin lens (optics)
- 喷薄欲出(噴薄欲出) to be on the verge of eruption; (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
- 浅薄(淺薄) superficial
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 21
- 卷二十二 Scroll 22 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
- 卷四十三 朱樂何列傳 Volume 43: Biographies of Zhu, Yue, He Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 17
- 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
- 卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
- 卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
- 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
- 卷二十 Scroll 20 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
- 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
Collocations
- 薄言 (薄言) 薄言采之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧芣苢 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Fu Yi — count: 20
- 薄赋敛 (薄賦斂) 薄賦斂 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
- 薄纯 (薄純) 藏薄純 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 4
- 薄伐 (薄伐) 薄伐西戎 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧出車 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Chu Che — count: 3
- 薄敛 (薄斂) 薄斂 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
- 薄税 (薄稅) 薄稅斂 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I — count: 3
- 薄采 (薄采) 薄采其芹 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧泮水 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Pan Shui — count: 3
- 薄罪 (薄罪) 小罪入以金鈞分宥薄罪 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang — count: 2
- 卢薄 (盧薄) 鄧植以押慮盧薄於木 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備蛾傅 Book 14 - Defence against Ant-Rush — count: 2
- 薄人 (薄人) 不待期而薄人於險 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 2