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
- 单薄(單薄) weak; frail; thin; flimsy
- 薄技 meager skill; my poor talents (humble)
- 薄命 to be born under an unlucky star; to be born unlucky
- 菲薄 humble; meager; thin; to despise
- 金属薄片(金屬薄片) foil
- 薄厚 meanness and generosity; intimacy and alienation
- 鄙薄 to despise; to scorn
- 薄利多销(薄利多銷) small profit but rapid turnover
- 浮薄 frivolous; philandering
- 喷薄(噴薄) to gush; to squirt; to surge; to well out; to overflow
- 薄雾(薄霧) mist; haze
- 德薄 scant virtue
- 薄荷油 peppermint oil
- 薄荷醇 menthol
- 妄自菲薄 to be excessively humble and not show self-esteem
- 贫嘴薄舌(貧嘴薄舌) garrulous and sharp-tongued
- 香薄荷 savory (herb)
- 厚古薄今 to revere the past and neglect the present
- 轻嘴薄舌(輕嘴薄舌) light mouth, thin tongue; hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
- 薄幸 fickle; inconstant person
- 厚积薄发(厚積薄發) to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly; good preparation is the key to success
- 薄利 small profits
- 厚此薄彼 to favour one and discriminate against the other
- 薄胎瓷器 eggshell china
- 薄弱环节(薄弱環節) weak link; loophole
- 绵薄(綿薄) my humble effort; my meager contribution (humble)
- 厚养薄葬(厚養薄葬) generous care but a thrifty funeral
- 薄晓(薄曉) at dawn
- 薄膜 membrane; film
- 厚死薄生 to praise the dead and revile the living; to live in the past
- 轻徭薄赋(輕徭薄賦) to reduce forced labor and levy slight taxes
- 薄蚀(薄蝕) to eclipse
- 刻薄 unkind; harsh
- 薄情 inconstant in love; fickle
- 薄礼(薄禮) my meager gift (humble)
- 德薄才疏 scant virtue and lacking ability
- 才轻德薄(才輕德薄) lacking ability and scant virtue
- 薄片 thin slice; thin section; flake
- 蚕薄(蠶薄) tray of straw for raising silkworms
- 厌薄(厭薄) to despise; to look down upon
- 薄脆 crispy; thin and brittle; a crispy fried cracker
- 薄荷酮 menthone
- 峭薄 stingy; unkind
- 硗薄(磽薄) barren; infertile
- 薄母 a madam in charge of a brothel
Also contained in
淫薄健国 、 薄一波 、 薄层 、 薄熙来 、 日薄崦嵫 、 薄瑞光
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
- 卷二十七 Scroll 27 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
- 藏薄 (藏薄) 藏薄純 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 2
- 薄门 (薄門) 薄門板梯貍之 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備蛾傅 Book 14 - Defence against Ant-Rush — 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