薄
HSK 4freq #4129
Meanings
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- 1.meager
- 2.slight
- 3.weak
- 4.ungenerous or unkind
- 5.frivolous
- 6.to despise
- 7.to belittle
- 8.to look down on
- 9.to approach or near
- 1.surname Bo
- 1.thin
- 2.cold in manner
- 3.indifferent
- 4.weak
- 5.light
- 6.infertile
- 1.see 薄荷[bò he]
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Wiktionary
- 1.thin (not thick); flimsy
- 2.slight; meagre; small
- 3.poor; infertile
- 4.cold in manner; indifferent
- 5.ungenerous; unkind; mean
- 6.weak; light; not strong
- 7.to belittle; to despise
- 8.to reduce
- 9.to approach
- 10.a surname
- 11.only used in 薄荷 (bòhé, “mint”)
- 12.only used in 蓾薄
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *baːɡ): semantic 艹 + phonetic 溥 (OC *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ba (“thin; flat”) (STEDT). Cognate with Burmese ပါး (pa:, “thin”), Jingpho pha (pha³¹, “thin”).
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Components
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Example sentences
這件衣服是由薄織物製成的。
The dress is made of a thin fabric.
湯姆逐漸了解到，用又大又薄的鏟子翻煎餅或馬鈴薯餅效果最好。
Tom has come to know that a large, thin spatula works best for turning over pancakes or latkes.
山谷中，薄霧如白色羽毛般緩緩升騰，化作一團白雲，遮蔽了一切。
Down in the valley a mist like a white feather rose gently into a white cloud, and obscured everything.
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