HSK 6 · Verbs

拼搏 pīnbó “to struggle hard” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 拼搏 means

  1. to struggle hard
  2. to strive
  3. to struggle
  4. to wrestle

How to say 拼搏

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale拼pīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale搏bó2nd tone, rising

拼搏 in a sentence

  1. 为了理想，他一直在努力拼搏。

    Wèile lǐxiǎng, tā yìzhí zài nǔlì pīnbó.

    He has been working hard to reach his dream.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 运动员们在赛场上顽强拼搏。

    Yùndòngyuánmen zài sàichǎng shàng wánqiáng pīnbó.

    The athletes gave everything they had on the field.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 拼搏 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 拼 (pīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
拼pīnto piece together; to put together
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 并to combine · bìngSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 并 (bìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with pīn.

The character 搏 (bó) with each of its parts in a different colour
搏bóto fight
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 尃to announce · fūSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 尃 (fū) hints at the sound. Compare it with bó.

How to write 拼搏

拼 9 strokes · 搏 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

拼搏 (pīnbó) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 拼搏 (pīnbó). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 拼搏

Words with 拼

拼音pīnyīn · pinyin (romanised Chinese)拼命pīnmìng · desperately

Words with 搏

脉搏màibó · pulse搏斗bódòu · to fight

More words: Common Verbs

捧pěng · to hold with both hands劈pī · to split漂浮piāofú · to float飘扬piāoyáng · to flutter拼命pīnmìng · desperately泼pō · to splash破例pòlì · to make an exception扑pū · to pounce on

FAQs

拼搏 (pīnbó) means “to struggle hard” or “to strive”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it pīnbó: pīn with a 1st tone, then bó with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 拼搏 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pinbo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 拼搏 from the suggestions. Typing pinbo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
拼搏 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.