HSK 6 · Emotions

抱负 bàofù “aspiration” in Chinese

Traditional 抱負

What 抱负 means

  1. aspiration
  2. ambition

How to say 抱负

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale抱bào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale负fù4th tone, falling

抱负 in a sentence

  1. 他有抱负，所以他很努力工作。

    Tā yǒu bàofù, suǒyǐ tā hěn nǔlì gōngzuò.

    He has ambition, so he works hard.

    Sentence #875308 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 抱负 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 抱 (bào) with each of its parts in a different colour
抱bàoto hold
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 包wrap · bāo
The character 负 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
负fùto bear
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 贝sea shell · bèi

How to write 抱负

抱 8 strokes · 负 6 strokes

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

Words related to 抱负

Words with 抱

抱bào · to hold抱歉bàoqiàn · to be sorry拥抱yōngbào · to embrace抱怨bàoyuàn · to complain

Words with 负

负责fùzé · to be in charge of胜负shèngfù · victory or defeat辜负gūfù · to let down欺负qīfu · to bully正负zhèngfù · positive and negative负担fùdān · burden

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

自豪zìháo · proud (of an achievement)爱不释手àibúshìshǒu · to love something too much to put it down爱戴àidài · to love and respect巴不得bābudé · to be eager to悲哀bēi'āi · sorrowful鄙视bǐshì · to despise不屑一顾búxièyígù · to disdain诧异chàyì · astonished

FAQs

抱负 (bàofù) means “aspiration” or “ambition”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bàofù: bào with a 4th tone, then fù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 抱负 is written 抱負. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baofu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 抱负 from the suggestions. Typing baofu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
抱负 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.