抱 bào

1. bào verb to embrace; to hold in arms; to hug
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '抱' v 1; Kroll 2015 '抱' 1; NCCED '抱' 4; Unihan '抱')
2. bào verb to wrap
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '抱' 1a)
3. bào verb to hold close; to cherish
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '抱' v 4; Kroll 2015 '抱' 2)
4. bào verb to surround; to encircle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 环绕 (Guoyu '抱' v 6; Kroll 2015 '抱' 3; NCCED '抱' 2)
5. bào noun the space surrounded
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '抱' 4)
6. bào noun chest; bosom
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 胸怀 (Guoyu '抱' n 1; NCCED '抱' 1)
7. bào verb to be sick; to be ill
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '抱' 3)
8. bào verb to have one's first child
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '抱' 5)
9. bào verb to adopt
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '抱' 6)
10. bào verb to band together
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: As in 抱团 (NCCED '抱' 7)
11. bào measure word armful
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Used to count armfuls of things; for example, 一包书 'an armful of books' (Guoyu '抱' n 12; NCCED '抱' 9)
12. bào verb to brood; to hatch
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 孵化 (Guoyu '抱' v 3; NCCED '抱' 10)
13. bào proper noun Bao
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '抱' n 3)
14. bào verb to raise a child
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 养育 (Guoyu '抱' v 2)
15. bào verb to protect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of守护 (Guoyu '抱' v 5)
16. bào verb to discard; to abandon
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of丢弃 (Guoyu '抱' v 7)

Contained in

• 抱持 to hold (expectations, hopes etc); to maintain (an attitude etc); to harbor (doubts etc); to clinch (boxing)
• 拥抱(擁抱) to embrace; to hug
• 抱月瓶 flat vase
• 合抱 to wrap one's arm around
• 抱残守缺(抱殘守缺) to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn; conservative; stickler for tradition
• 抱臂 to cross one's arms
• 抱枕 bolster; a long pillow or cushion
• 抱愧 feel ashamed
• 抱诚守真(抱誠守真) embrace sincerity and guard truth
• 抱头鼠蹿(抱頭鼠躥) to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat; to flee ignominiously
• 紧抱(緊抱) to hug; to embrace
• 抱屈 feel wronged
• 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚(平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳) to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises; to profess devotion only when in trouble; doing things at the last minute
• 抱拳 to cup one fist in the other hand
• 抱朴子(抱樸子) Baopuzi; The Master who Embrases Simplicity
• 抱负(抱負) aspiration; ambition
• 抱怨 to be dissatisfied ; to complain; to grumble
• 抚抱(撫抱) caress
• 抱窝(抱窩) to incubate; to brood
• 抱佛脚(抱佛腳) to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense); to profess devotion only when in trouble
• 抱抱团(抱抱團) Free Hugs Campaign
• 抱头痛哭(抱頭痛哭) to weep disconsolately; to cry on each other's shoulder
• 临时抱佛脚(臨時抱佛腳) to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises
• 抱抱装(抱抱裝) hug shirt
• 抱粗腿 to latch on to the rich and powerful
• 抱成一团(抱成一團) to band together; to gang up; to stick together
• 抱抱 to hug; to embrace
• 搂抱(摟抱) to hug; to embrace
• 抱养(抱養) adopt (a child)
• 双臂抱胸(雙臂抱胸) with arms crossed
• 抱不平 be outraged by an injustice
• 抱病 to be ill; to be in bad health
• 抱有 have; possess
• 公主抱 to carry somebody the way grooms carry brides across the threshold
• 抱头鼠窜(抱頭鼠竄) to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
• 拱抱 to enfold; to encircle
• 抱摔 body slam (wrestling move)
• 抱头(抱頭) to put one's hands behind one's head
• 襟抱 ambition; an aspiration
• 抱大腿 to cling to somebody influential or famous
• 怀抱(懷抱) to hug; to embrace ; to cherish
• 投怀送抱(投懷送抱) to throw oneself in somebody's arms; to throw oneself at sb
• 打抱不平 to come to the aid of somebody suffering an injustice; to fight for justice
• 环抱(環抱) to encircle; surrounded by
• 抱薪救火 to carry firewood to put out a fire; fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
• 抱恨 to have a gnawing regret
• 抱歉 to apologize; to be sorry; to regret
• 抱定 to hold on firmly; to cling (to a belief); stubbornly

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• 卷一百三十二 列傳第八十二: 李抱玉 李抱真 王虔休 盧從史 李芃 李澄 Volume 132 Biographies 82: Li Baoyu, Li Baozhen, Wang Qianxiu, Lu Congshi, Li Peng, Li Cheng Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 50
• 卷一百三十八 列傳第六十三 李嗣業　馬璘　李抱玉從父弟:抱真　抱真子:緘　路嗣恭子:應 Volume 138 Biographies 63: New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 38
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• 卷十二 志第二 天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 30
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• 卷三百〇三 列傳第一百九十一 列女三 Volume 303 Biographies 191: Exemplary Women 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 17
• 第五十一回 Chapter 51 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 16
• 卷二百一十一 列傳第一百三十六 藩鎮鎮冀 Volume 211 Biographies 136: Buffer Region Zhenji New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 14
• 卷十一 本紀第十一: 代宗 Volume 11 Annals 11: Daizong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 13
• 卷一百三十四 列傳第八十四: 馬燧 渾瑊 Volume 134 Biographies 84: Ma Sui, Hun Jian Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 13

Collocations

• 抱关 (抱關) 抱關擊柝 — Mencius 孟子, 萬章下 Wan Zhang II — count: 4
• 抱德 (抱德) 抱德煬和 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二　俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth — count: 4
• 人抱 (人抱) 則使人抱之 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 4
• 抱子 (抱子) 亦既抱子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧抑 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Yi — count: 4
• 抱鼓 (抱鼓) 拱則抱鼓 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十九 修文 Chapter 19: Cultivation and Education — count: 3
• 抱薪 (抱薪) 是猶抱薪而救火 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 3
• 抱蜀 (抱蜀) 抱蜀不言而廟堂既脩 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢第二 Chapter 2: Circumstances — count: 3
• 抱法 (抱法) 抱法以前 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 3
• 抱太子 (抱太子) 穆嬴日抱太子以啼于朝 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 生抱 (生抱) 使力士彭生抱上魯君車 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《齊太公世家》 House of Duke Tai of Qi — count: 2