博

愽

bó

Meanings

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bó

1.old variant of 博[bó]

bó

1.(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide
2.to win; to gain
3.to play; to gamble
4.learned; well-read
5.(bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士[bó shì])
6.(bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客[bó kè])

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Wiktionary

1.abundant; plentiful; rich
2.wide; broad
3.to thoroughly understand; to be well versed in
4.to win; to court
5.Liubo (an ancient Chinese board game)
6.to gamble; to play games
7.to try without certainty (hoping to get some benefit by chance)
8.maybe; perhaps; probably
9.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *paːɡ): semantic 十 (“ten”) + phonetic 尃 (OC *pʰa).

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Stroke order

Components

博十尃

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Example sentences

你不喜歡賭博，是嗎？
You don't like gambling, do you?
湯姆失業後，為了排遣鬱悶的心情而開始了賭博。
After Tom lost his job, he started to gamble to cope with his depression.

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Related words

博士 doctor (as an academic degree)赌博 to gamble 博客 (loanword) a blog; a blogger 微博 Weibo (Chinese social media platform)微博 microblogging 博望 see 博望区[Bó wàng Qū]博德 Bodø (city in Norway)博湖 see 博湖县[Bó hú Xiàn]博学 learned; erudite 博白 see 博白县[Bó bái Xiàn]更博 (Internet slang) to update one's blog 博山 see 博山区[Bó shān Qū]