HSK 5 · Adjectives

薄 báo “thin” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 薄 means

  1. thin
  2. flimsy
  3. (of feelings) cold
  4. cold in manner
  5. indifferent
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • weak
  • light
  • infertile

How to say 薄

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale薄báo2nd tone, rising

薄 in a sentence

  1. 这个笔记本电脑又薄又轻。

    Zhè ge bǐjìběn diànnǎo yòu báo yòu qīng.

    This laptop is thin and light.

    Sentence #4394139 from Tatoeba

  2. 穿那么薄，小心感冒。

    Chuān nàme báo, xiǎoxīn gǎnmào.

    You’ll catch a cold dressed so lightly – be careful.

    Sentence #348922 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 把肉切成薄片。

    Bǎ ròu qiēchéng báo piàn.

    Cut the meat into thin slices.

    Sentence #395212 from Tatoeba

How 薄 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 薄 (báo) with each of its parts in a different colour
薄báothin
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 溥big · pǔSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 溥 (pǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with báo.

How to write 薄

薄 16 strokes

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

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

Words related to 薄

Words with 薄

薄弱bóruò · weak

More words: Adjectives

美měi · beautiful强qiáng · strong整zhěng · whole暗àn · dark宝贵bǎoguì · valuable悲观bēiguān · pessimistic必要bìyào · necessary不安bù'ān · uneasy

FAQs

薄 (báo) means “thin” or “flimsy”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it báo: báo with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 薄 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 薄 from the suggestions. Typing bao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
薄 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.