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
- 厚死薄生 to praise the dead and revile the living; to live in the past
- 薄脆 crispy; thin and brittle; a crispy fried cracker
- 薄明 dim light; early dawn
- 薄绸(薄綢) light silk; silk chiffon
- 薄命 to be born under an unlucky star; to be born unlucky
- 厚此薄彼 to favour one and discriminate against the other
- 薄膜 membrane; film
- 峭薄 stingy; unkind
- 如履薄冰 as if walking on thin ice; to be extremely cautious; to be skating on thin ice
- 微薄 small in amount; meager ; lowly and mean
- 薄礼(薄禮) my meager gift (humble)
- 衣单食薄(衣單食薄) thin coat, meager food; life of wretched poverty; destitute
- 薄情 inconstant in love; fickle
- 喷薄(噴薄) to gush; to squirt; to surge; to well out; to overflow
- 才疏德薄 lacking ability and scant virtue
- 轻嘴薄舌(輕嘴薄舌) light mouth, thin tongue; hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
- 名微德薄 little known and scant virtue
- 香薄荷 savory (herb)
- 薄利 small profits
- 硗薄(磽薄) barren; infertile
- 蚕薄(蠶薄) tray of straw for raising silkworms
- 瘠薄 (of land) infertile; barren
- 脸皮薄(臉皮薄) thin-skinned; sensitive
- 轻浪浮薄(輕浪浮薄) frivolous
- 妄自菲薄 to be excessively humble and not show self-esteem
- 稀薄 thin; rarefied
- 薄利多销(薄利多銷) small profit but rapid turnover
- 临深履薄(臨深履薄) facing an abyss, walking on thin ice
- 薄暗 at dusk; evening
- 薄酒 dilute wine; insipid wine
- 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
- 薄油层(薄油層) oil sheet
- 功微德薄 little merit and scant virtue
- 脸薄(臉薄) bashful; shy
- 穷家薄业(窮家薄業) poor and with few means of subsistance; destitute
- 刻薄寡恩 harsh and merciless
- 薄暮 dusk; twilight
- 淡薄 thin ; light; flagging; faint
- 薄纱(薄紗) gauze (cloth)
- 薄食 to eclipse
- 薄面 my meager sensibilities; blushing face; please do it for my sake (humble)
- 薄弱 weak; frail
- 义薄云天(義薄雲天) supremely honorable and righteous
- 薄饼(薄餅) thin flat cake; pancake; pizza
Also contained in
薄伽丘 、 薄熙来 、 薄一波 、 薄姬 、 薄层 、 薄太后
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
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
- 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
- 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
- 卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
- 卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
- 卷二十 Scroll 20 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
- 卷七十三 列傳第三十三 顏延之 Volume 73 Biographies 33: Yan Yanzhi Book of Song 宋書 — 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
- 薄纯 (薄純) 藏薄純 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 4
- 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
- 外薄 (外薄) 外薄四海 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 2
- 鳞薄 (鱗薄) 嬤介生鱗薄 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷四 墜形訓 Chapter 4: Terrestrial Forms — count: 2