抱
Meanings
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- 1.to hold
- 2.to carry (in one's arms)
- 3.to hug
- 4.to embrace
- 5.to surround
- 6.to cherish
- 7.(coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
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Wiktionary
- 1.to heft in the arms; to carry
- 2.to hug; to embrace
- 3.to incubate
- 4.Classifier for things held or encircled with both arms (books, hay, firewood, trees, etc.).
- 5.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *buːʔ): semantic 扌 + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː) – hold in one’s hands. Note that 包 has the meaning of “wrap”, hence connotations of “wrap in one’s hands, embrace”, thereby also making it an ideogrammic compound. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *puʔ (“to carry (on back or shoulders)”). Cognate with 保 (OC *puːʔ, “to protect, rear”), Manipuri ꯄꯨ (pu, “to carry”), Mizo pu (“to carry (on the back / shoulders)”), Burmese ပိုး (pui:, “to carry on the back, add onto”) (STEDT).
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Components
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Example sentences
她抱了他。
She hugged him.
她想擁抱他。
She wants to hug him.
汤姆抱他儿子。
Tom embraced his son.
你為甚麼不抱我？
Why don't you hug me?
湯姆嘗試擁抱瑪麗。
Tom tried to hug Mary.
湯姆嘗試擁抱瑪麗。
Tom tried to embrace Mary.
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